The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship

Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic costs and benefits derived from citizenship to rationalize the differential rates of citizenship ascension. Canadian earnings evidence confirms the sizable economic benefits of citizenship. A decomposition analysis attributes this benefit to selfselection, namely only the more productive immigrants become Canadian citizens.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	DeVoretz, Don J. ; Pivnenko, Sergiy
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Staatsangehörigkeit \| Migranten \| Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse \| Kanada \| immigration \| citizenship \| Canada

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 1395
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	476326125 [GVK] hdl:10419/20692 [Handle]
Classification:	J68 - Public Policy ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; F22 - International Migration
Source:	EconStor

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