We conducted multiple experimental and quasi-experimental studies examining the effects of citizenship on immigrants’ lives. These studies explore whether naturalization improves outcomes such as economic, social, psychological, or navigational integration.
@unpublished{hainmueller2024citizenship,title={Does Access to Citizenship Confer Socio-Economic Returns? Evidence from a Randomized Control Design},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Cascardi, Elisa and Hotard, Michael and Koslowski, Rey and Lawrence, Duncan and Yasenov, Vasil and Laitin, David},year={2024},note={IZA Discussion Paper No. 16173},url={https://ssrn.com/abstract=4464586},}
Journal Articles
Science Advances.
The effect of citizenship on the long-term earnings of marginalized immigrants: Quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland
Jens Hainmueller, Dominik Hangartner, and Daniel Ward
@article{hainmueller2019citizenship,title={The effect of citizenship on the long-term earnings of marginalized immigrants: Quasi-experimental evidence from Switzerland},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik and Ward, Daniel},journal={Science Advances},volume={5},number={12},pages={eaay1610},year={2019},publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science},doi={10.1126/sciadv.aay1610},url={https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aay1610},}
APRS
Catalyst or crown: Does naturalization promote the long-term social integration of immigrants?
Jens Hainmueller, Dominik Hangartner, and Giuseppe Pietrantuono
@article{hainmueller2017catalyst,title={Catalyst or crown: Does naturalization promote the long-term social integration of immigrants?},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik and Pietrantuono, Giuseppe},journal={American Political Science Review},volume={111},number={2},pages={256--276},year={2017},publisher={Cambridge University Press},doi={ 10.1017/S0003055416000745 },url={ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000745 },}
PNAS
Naturalization fosters the long-term political integration of immigrants
Jens Hainmueller, Dominik Hangartner, and Giuseppe Pietrantuono
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015
@article{hainmueller2015naturalization,title={Naturalization fosters the long-term political integration of immigrants},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik and Pietrantuono, Giuseppe},journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},volume={112},number={41},pages={12651--12656},year={2015},publisher={National Acad Sciences},doi={ 10.1073/pnas.1418794112 },url={ https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1418794112},}
PNAS
A randomized controlled design reveals barriers to citizenship for low-income immigrants
Jens Hainmueller, Aubrey Westfall, Dominik Hackett, Michael Hotard, Luis Figueroa, Fernando Mendoza, and David D. Laitin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
@article{hainmueller2018randomized,title={A randomized controlled design reveals barriers to citizenship for low-income immigrants},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Westfall, Aubrey and Hackett, Dominik and Hotard, Michael and Figueroa, Luis and Mendoza, Fernando and Laitin, David D.},journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},volume={115},number={5},pages={939--944},year={2018},publisher={National Academy of Sciences},doi={10.1073/pnas.1714254115},url={https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714254115},}
Nat. Hum. Behav.
A low-cost information nudge increases citizenship application rates among low-income immigrants
Michael Hotard, Duncan Lawrence, David D. Laitin, and Jens Hainmueller
@article{hotard2019lowcost,title={A low-cost information nudge increases citizenship application rates among low-income immigrants},author={Hotard, Michael and Lawrence, Duncan and Laitin, David D. and Hainmueller, Jens},journal={Nature Human Behaviour},volume={3},number={7},pages={678--683},year={2019},publisher={Springer Nature},doi={10.1038/s41562-019-0604-8},url={https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0604-8},}
PNAS
Standardizing the fee-waiver application increased naturalization rates of low-income immigrants
Victor Yasenov, Michael Hotard, Duncan Lawrence, Jens Hainmueller, and David D. Laitin
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019
@article{yasenov2019standardizing,title={Standardizing the fee-waiver application increased naturalization rates of low-income immigrants},author={Yasenov, Victor and Hotard, Michael and Lawrence, Duncan and Hainmueller, Jens and Laitin, David D.},journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},volume={116},number={34},pages={16768--16772},year={2019},publisher={National Academy of Sciences},doi={10.1073/pnas.1820404116},url={https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1820404116},}
APSR
Who gets a Swiss passport? A natural experiment in immigrant discrimination
Robert H. Durr Award for best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem (https://www.mpsanet.org/professional-resources/awards/mpsa-research-awards/).
@article{hainmueller2013gets,title={Who gets a Swiss passport? A natural experiment in immigrant discrimination},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik},journal={American Political Science Review},volume={107},number={1},pages={159--187},year={2013},publisher={Cambridge University Press},doi={10.1017/S0003055412000494},url={https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055412000494},}
AJPS
Does direct democracy hurt immigrant minorities? Evidence from naturalization decisions in Switzerland
@article{hainmueller2019does,title={Does direct democracy hurt immigrant minorities? Evidence from naturalization decisions in Switzerland},author={Hainmueller, Jens and Hangartner, Dominik},journal={American Journal of Political Science},volume={63},number={3},pages={530--547},year={2019},publisher={Wiley Online Library},doi={ 10.1111/ajps.12433 },url={ https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12433},}
PNAS
Determinants of refugee naturalization in the United States
Nadwa Mossaad, Jeremy Ferwerda, Duncan Lawrence, Jeremy M. Weinstein, and Jens Hainmueller
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018
@article{mossaad2018determinants,title={Determinants of refugee naturalization in the United States},author={Mossaad, Nadwa and Ferwerda, Jeremy and Lawrence, Duncan and Weinstein, Jeremy M. and Hainmueller, Jens},journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences},volume={115},number={37},pages={9175--9180},year={2018},publisher={National Academy of Sciences},doi={10.1073/pnas.1802711115},url={https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1802711115},}