2011
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1898927
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Who Gets a Swiss Passport? A Natural Experiment in Immigrant Discrimination

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“…In Switzerland, naturalization requests are typically decided at the local level, and municipalities use different procedures for these decisions (9,10). Our study exploits that some municipalities, which we refer to as "ballot box" municipalities, for several decades used popular votes with secret ballots to decide on citizenship applications (ref.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Switzerland, naturalization requests are typically decided at the local level, and municipalities use different procedures for these decisions (9,10). Our study exploits that some municipalities, which we refer to as "ballot box" municipalities, for several decades used popular votes with secret ballots to decide on citizenship applications (ref.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Perceived threats to a country's distinctive identity and culture drive much anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and elsewhere (Citrin et al 1990;Hainmueller and Hangartner 2013;Schildkraut 2011;Sniderman and Hagendoorn 2007;Wong 2010;Wright et al 2012). Americans almost universally endorse acculturation as a prerequisite to full-fledged membership in the national community-speaking English, holding American values, feeling American, and getting ahead on one's own-and hostility can arise when these conditions are not met (Hainmueller and Hopkins 2014b;Newman et al 2012).…”
Section: Attribute-based Judgmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These surveys are based on opt-in panels rather than probability sampling, though we note that sample demographics and attitudes to standard political predispositions on immigration and other issues are in line with other major surveys (see supplementary Appendix A). It is also worth noting that surveying via the Internet may limit social desirability effects that can influence expressed preferences (Hainmueller and Hangartner 2013).…”
Section: Data and Measuresmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For the United States, North (1987) concludes that the implementation of the naturalization procedures vary a great deal between district o¢ ces. Helbling and Kriesi (2004) and Hainmueller and Hangartner (2013) reveal striking di¤erences among municipalities in Switzerland. And even notoriously centralized states like France do not seem to be immune from distinct implementations of its national law (Weil, 2004).…”
Section: Naturalization Policies Around the Worldmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…An exception that managed to pursue this very strategy is the study by Hainmueller and Hangartner (2013) Switzerland now employs, in line with most other countries, councils for evaluating naturalization applications to ensure privacy and justi…ability for the applicants. In assessing their applications, councils usually also conduct personal interviews.…”
Section: O¢ Ce Of the Press Secretary 2013)mentioning
confidence: 99%