immigration and citizenship regimes. In the first, immigrants stay permanently in the country and citizenship is obtained by … birthplace (jus soli). In the second regime immigration is also permanent but citizenship is passed only by bloodline (jus … immigration reform in the US and elsewhere. -- Immigration ; citizenship ; redistributive policies ; political economy …

of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women. Returns are also larger for more recent immigrants, but … essentially zero for traditional guest workers. For immigrant women, access to citizenship accounts for 70% of the assimilation …

liberal access to citizenship improves the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration … the reforms'eligibility rules. We find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women. Returns are …, liberalization of citizenship provides some economic benefits but is unlikely to result in full integration of immigrants in the host …