Variations in Naturalization Premiums by Country of Origin

Miao Chi and Michael Coon
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Miao Chi: Drew University

Eastern Economic Journal, 2020, vol. 46, issue 1, No 6, 102-125

Abstract: Abstract This study uses the 2013–2017 American Community Survey to explore differences in the returns to obtaining US citizenship for immigrants from the four largest source countries relative to all other immigrants. We find that Chinese, Mexican, and Filipino immigrants face a wage penalty prior to naturalization, while Indian immigrants experience higher wages than other immigrants. Naturalization more than offsets the wage penalty for Chinese and Filipino immigrants and partially offsets the wage penalty for Mexican immigrants. However, naturalized Indian immigrants earn less than non-naturalized Indian immigrants. We find only limited evidence of a naturalization premium for immigrants from other countries.

Keywords: Immigration; Naturalization; Visa Quotas (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J38 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1057/s41302-019-00149-0

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