TY - RPRT AU - DeVoretz, Don J. AU - Irastorza, Nahikari TI - Economic Theories of Citizenship? PY - 2017/Jan/ PB - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) CY - Bonn T2 - IZA Discussion Paper IS - 10495 UR - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10495 AB - This paper explores the relationship of immigrant citizenship ascension and the effect on the naturalized citizen's economic outcomes in Europe and North America. We offer a unique model and empirical outcomes to define optimal waiting periods for immigrant ascension to citizenship by entry class and human capital requirements for country specific examples. KW - immigrant KW - citizenship KW - benefits ER -