The Evolution of citizenship : economic and institutional determinants/
Bertocchi, Graziella
The Evolution of citizenship : economic and institutional determinants/ created by Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi - Journal of Law and Economics Volume 53, number 1 .
We investigate the evolution of the legal institution of citizenship from a political economy perspective. We first present a medianâvoter model of the determination of citizenship laws. Next we test the implications of the model on a new set of data on citizenship laws across countries. We show that citizenship laws respond to economic and institutional determinants endogenously. When facing increasing immigration, countries with a jus soli regime tend to restrict their legislation, whereas countries with a jus sanguinis regime resist innovation. The welfare burden does not prove to be an obstacle to jus soli legislation, but demographic stagnation encourages it. A high degree of democracy promotes the adoption of jus soli elements, whereas instability of state borders determined by decolonization impedes it. Religion and ethnic diversity have no residual effect
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Censuses--Civil law--Citizenship
Decolonization--International migration--International borders
Naturalization--Stock shares--Political migration
HB73 JOU
The Evolution of citizenship : economic and institutional determinants/ created by Graziella Bertocchi and Chiara Strozzi - Journal of Law and Economics Volume 53, number 1 .
We investigate the evolution of the legal institution of citizenship from a political economy perspective. We first present a medianâvoter model of the determination of citizenship laws. Next we test the implications of the model on a new set of data on citizenship laws across countries. We show that citizenship laws respond to economic and institutional determinants endogenously. When facing increasing immigration, countries with a jus soli regime tend to restrict their legislation, whereas countries with a jus sanguinis regime resist innovation. The welfare burden does not prove to be an obstacle to jus soli legislation, but demographic stagnation encourages it. A high degree of democracy promotes the adoption of jus soli elements, whereas instability of state borders determined by decolonization impedes it. Religion and ethnic diversity have no residual effect
00222186
Censuses--Civil law--Citizenship
Decolonization--International migration--International borders
Naturalization--Stock shares--Political migration
HB73 JOU