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Which Indicators are Most Useful for Comparing Citizenship Policies?

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  • Rainer Bauböck and Marc Helbling

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The comparative study of citizenship regimes has reached a new stage. Several authors and research teams have constructed indicators and compound indices that allow comparing larger numbers of countries in more systematic ways. In his kickoff contribution for the EUDO CITIZENSHIP forum debate, Marc Helbling asks whether indicators that are constructed independently from each other, but often measure similar phenomena, are really useful. He suggests to distinguish between policy outputs and outcomes, naturalisation and rejection rates as well as simple and complex indicators. Nine authors respond to this challenge. Several among them propose that citizenship indicators serve different research purposes and some challenge the very idea of indicator-based evaluation of citizenship policies. Although this debate certainly does not concluded in consensus, Helbling’s rejoinder shows that the link between research purposes and methods has been clarified to a certain extent. By social science standards, this is not insignificant progress.

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  • Rainer Bauböck and Marc Helbling, 2011. "Which Indicators are Most Useful for Comparing Citizenship Policies?," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 54, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
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    1. Marc Helbling, 2010. "Public debates on integration and immigration in six West European countries ," EUI-RSCAS Working Papers 22, European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS).
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    1. Marc Helbling, 2018. "A Comparison of Immigration Policies," ifo DICE Report, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 16(01), pages 14-17, May.
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    3. Helbling, Marc & Michalowski, Ines, 2017. "A New Agenda for Immigration and Citizenship Policy Research," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 50(1), pages 3-13.

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