Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/102187 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4959
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Does granting birthright citizenship help immigrant children integrating in the host country's educational system? We address this question using a reform of the German naturalization law in 1999 that entitled children born after January 1, 2000 with birthright citizenship. We use a difference-in-difference design that compares children born shortly before and after the cut-off in years of policy change and years where no policy change took place. Our empirical analysis relies on administrative data from school entrance examinations and on the German Micro Census. We find positive effects on immigrant children's educational participation, both in non-mandatory preschool and upper secondary school. In addition, birthright citizenship enhances children s socio-behavioral development.
JEL: 
I21
K37
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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