“…1 Whereas becoming a host country citizen determines the immediate acquisition of important legal rights and entitlements -such as unrestricted residency, mobility and voting rights -its impact on migrants' economic outcomes is debated and needs to be empirically quantified. The literature has pointed at several potential channels that may explain a causal impact of citizenship on immigrants' economic outcomes (see Gathmann & Garbers (2023) for a discussion). First, immigrants may gain access to a broader range of occupations, including higher-paying jobs with increased career prospects (Bratsberg et al 2002, Gathmann & Keller 2018.…”