a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two … major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification …, we exploit discontinuities in the reforms' eligibility rules. Between 1991 and 1999, adolescents could obtain citizenship …

naturalize improves immigrant assimilation. The empirical analysis relies on two major immigration reforms in Germany, a country … 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 … reforms in Germany, a country with a weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification, we exploit discontinuities in … the reforms'eligibility rules. We find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women. Returns are …

Does granting birthright citizenship help immigrant children integrating in the host country's educational system? We …, 2000 with birthright citizenship. We use a difference-in-difference design that compares children born shortly before and …'s educational participation, both in non-mandatory preschool and upper secondary school. In addition, birthright citizenship …