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 …

native peers was affected by a major integration reform: the introduction of birthright citizenship. Our unique setup …

We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our … citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical slave exports for an individual's ethnic group being associated with … contemporary distrust for strangers, and in turn opposition to citizenship laws that favor the inclusion of foreigners. We find …

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 …

Over the last decades, Sweden has liberalized its citizenship policy by reducing the required number of years of … residency to five for foreign citizens and only two for Nordic citizens. Dual citizenship has been allowed since 2001. During … explore the link between citizenship and employment probabilities for immigrants in Sweden, controlling for a range of …

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 …