Calendrier du 21 avril 2021
Paris Migration Seminar
Du 21/04/2021 de 17:30 à 18:30
GATHMANN Christina (LISER)
Marginal Returns to Citizenship and Children’s School Performance: Who benefits and what works?
Abstract
Citizenship is the most important right a host country can bestow on its immigrant population. Yet, little is known which citizenship policies work and who actually benefits from them. To answer these questions, we estimate the marginal returns to citizenship on school performance for immigrant children. For identification, we use two national reforms, which introduced birthright citizenship and defined pathways to naturalization for first-generation immigrants. We find relevant heterogeneity in the returns to citizenship with reverse selection on gains, i.e., the returns are highest for those with the highest resistance to take-up. There is also perverse selection on gains for observable characteristics, especially whether the child is born in Germany. On average, the provision of citizenship significantly improves immigrant children's school outcomes in terms of a reduced probability of retention and better school grades. Policy simulations suggest that increasing citizenship take-up, e.g. by adopting U.S.-style birthright citizenship, would have positive effects for schooling outcomes.
Development Economics Seminar
Du 21/04/2021 de 16:30 à 18:00
via Zoom
HARDY Morgan (NYU Abu Dhabi)
The Impact of Firm Downsizing on Workers: Evidence from Ethiopia's Ready-Made Garment Industry
Economic History Seminar
Du 21/04/2021 de 12:30 à 14:00
Via Zoom
GRANDI Elisa(PSE)
BONHOURE Emilie(Kedge Business School )
FLORES ZENDEJAS Juan(Université de Genève)
Dans le cadre du FRESH Meeting , présentatin de leur ouvrage : Sovereign Debt Diplomacies: Rethinking sovereign debt from colonial empires to hegemony
écrit avec with Pierre Penet
Economic History Seminar
Du 21/04/2021 de 09:30 à 16:30
On Line
GRANDI Elisa(PSE)
BONHOURE Emilie(Kedge Business School )
FLORES ZENDEJAS Juan(Université de Genève)
Virtual Paris FRESH meeting 2021 (Frontier Research in Economic and Social History): International Political Economy and International Economic Relations