Why Birthright Citizenship Matters for Immigrant Children: Short- and Long-Run Impacts on Educational Integration

This paper examines whether the introduction of birthright citizenship in Germany affected immigrant children’s educational outcomes at the first three stages of the education system: preschool, primary school, and secondary school. Using a birth date cutoff as a source of exogenous variation, we fi...

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Published in:Journal of labor economics 2020-01, Vol.38 (1), p.143-182
Main Authors: Felfe, Christina, Rainer, Helmut, Saurer, Judith
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Elementary schools
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