Buoyed by the vote, the SP said it would soon introduce an initiative to automatically grant citizenship to third-generation foreigners.
The results in Table 4 show that the impact of the share of first generation foreigners is negative and significant for innovations as a whole and for product innovations.
However, to consider immigrant integration, we identify second generation foreigners based on the birth places of the employees and their parents.
Four fifths of persons with an immigration background were themselves immigrants (first generation foreigners and native-born and naturalised Swiss citizens), whereas one fifth were born in Switzerland (second generation foreigners and native-born and naturalised Swiss citizens).
Ten years after its constitution, the Federal Commission for Foreigners published its first report on the "so-called second generation of foreigners" (CFE 1980), a document which marks the entry of this theme in the Swiss public arena.
Among the population aged 65+, 7.6% had a migrant background (mostly first-generation immigrants) and 3.4% of them were foreigners [ 11, 12].
"These are first-generation entrepreneurs.
Cruz is a first-generation citizen.
The Chinese talent is first-generation.
"This was a first-generation product.
I'M a first-generation American.
