Date: 2012
Type: Article
Explaining access to citizenship in Europe : how policies affect naturalisation rates
European Union politics, 2012, Vol.13, No. 3, pp. 390-412
DRONKERS, Jaap, VINK, Maarten Peter, Explaining access to citizenship in Europe : how policies affect naturalisation rates, European Union politics, 2012, Vol.13, No. 3, pp. 390-412
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In Europe, a variety of national policies regulate access to citizenship. This article analyses how citizenship policies affect naturalization rates among immigrants. Our analysis confirms that favourable citizenship policies positively affect naturalization rates, especially among first-generation immigrants with more than 5 but fewer than 20 years of residence. However, most variation is explained by other factors. Immigrants from poor, politically unstable, and non-EU countries are more likely to be a citizen of their European country of residence. Other important predictors of the citizenship status of immigrants are language, years of residence (first generation), and age (second generation). Explanations of naturalization rates in Europe should not only take into account institutional conditions but also include other destination and origin country factors and individual characteristics of immigrants.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/39746
Full-text via DOI: 10.1177/1465116512440510
ISSN: 1465-1165; 1741-2757
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