@TechReport{dp-576,
  title         = {Naturalisation and Investments in Children's Human
                  Capital: Evidence from a Natural Experiment},
  author        = {von Haaren-Giebel, Friederike},
  astring       = {Friederike von Haaren-Giebel},
  year          = {2016},
  month         = {May},
  number        = {576},
  size          = {1200},
  language      = {en},
  pages         = {47},
  jelclass      = {J15, J24, I24},
  abstract      = {This paper assesses educational attainment of immigrant
                  children, in particular evaluating whether naturalised
                  parents invest more in their children's human capital than
                  non-naturalised parents. Findings of the literature
                  indicate that citizenship is associated with lower return
                  migration probability. Since the returns to investments in
                  (country-specific) human capital increase with the duration
                  of residence, naturalised parents may have more incentives
                  to invest in the educational success of their children. I
                  exploit a natural experiment that took place in Germany in
                  the year 2000 that reduced the required years of residence
                  for naturalisation from 15 to 8 and therefore exogenously
                  increased naturalisation. Multivariate estimations (based
                  on the German Socio-Economic Panel) show a positive and
                  significant correlation between parents' citizenship status
                  and their children's educational attainment. Results of
                  difference-in-differences and instrumental variable models
                  are also positive but not significant.},
  keywords      = {citizenship; integration; education; SOEP}
}