TY  - RPRT
        AU  - DeVoretz, Don J.
AU  - Pivnenko, Sergiy
        TI  - The Economic Causes and Consequences of Canadian Citizenship
        PY  - 2004/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1395
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1395
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - immigration
KW  - citizenship
KW  - Canada
        ER  -