In this paper, we examine whether acquiring citizenship improves the economic assimilation of Canadian migrants. We … took advantage of a natural experiment made possible through changes in the Canadian Citizenship Act of 2014, which … extended the physical presence requirement for citizenship from three to four years. Using quasi-experimental methods, we found …

. The gains from citizenship are particularly apparent among immigrants from poorer countries. A key policy question is …

a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two …, we exploit discontinuities in the reforms' eligibility rules. Between 1991 and 1999, adolescents could obtain citizenship … performance. Based on the eligibility rules, we find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women …

This paper explores the relationship of immigrant citizenship ascension and the effect on the naturalized citizen … for immigrant ascension to citizenship by entry class and human capital requirements for country specific examples. …

effectiveness of these policies, researchers have recently started to quantify immigration and citizenship policies and built … citizenship research. This special issue brings together scholars from North America and Europe who have been at the forefront of …

earnings and more stable jobs. Gains are particularly large for immigrants from poorer countries. Moreover, citizenship …

explain the otherwise puzzling findings from a reform which granted automatic birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant … the months before versus after the reform, we find that birthright citizenship lowers measures of life satisfaction and … salient. Birthright citizenship results in disillusionment where immigrant Muslim girls believe their chances of achieving …

This paper investigates whether citizenship acquisition affects immigrants' employment in Belgium. To do so, we rely on … Security (CBSS) and survey data from the Labour Force Surveys (LFS). During this period, citizenship was open to all immigrants … carried out using panel data fixed effects techniques applied to a programme evaluation model. We find that citizenship …