International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility

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This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We provide a rigorous test of the diffusion of fertility norms using original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to their country of origin.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3912

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
• Subject: International migration ; endogenous fertility ; human capital ; social norms ; Internationale Wanderung ; Soziale Werte ; Fruchtbarkeit ; Bildungsverhalten ; Migranten ; Welt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Beine, Michel ; Docquier, Frédéric ; Schiff, Maurice
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35553
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2009011982
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET