International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

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. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility norms using original and detailed data on migration. The results provide evidence of a significant transfer of fertility norms from migrants to their country of origin: a one percent decrease in the fertility norm to which migrants are exposed reduces home country fertility by about 0.3 percent for origin countries.

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Main Authors: Beine, Michel, Docquier, Frederic, Schiff, Maurice
Format: Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2009-05-01
Subjects:ADULT EDUCATION, ADULTHOOD, ADULTS, ARGUMENTS, BASIC EDUCATION, BIRTHS, BRAIN DRAIN, CHILD LABOR, CHILDREN PER WOMAN, CITIES, CONTRACEPTIVE, CONTRACEPTIVE USE, CONTRACEPTIVES, COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN, COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, DECLINE IN FERTILITY, DEMOCRACY, DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH, DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION, DEMOGRAPHY, DETERMINANTS OF FERTILITY, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DIASPORA, EARLY CHILDHOOD, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION OF CHILDREN, EMIGRANTS, EMIGRATION, FAMILY MEMBERS, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FERTILITY, FERTILITY BEHAVIOR, FERTILITY DECLINE, FERTILITY DECLINES, FERTILITY LEVELS, FERTILITY RATE, FERTILITY RATES, FEWER CHILDREN, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN STUDENTS, FUTURE POPULATION, GENERATIONS, HIGH FERTILITY LEVELS, HOME COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRIES, HOST COUNTRY, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, IDENTITY, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRATION POLICIES, IMMIGRATION POLICY, IMPACT OF MIGRATION, IMPACT ON FERTILITY, INTERNAL MIGRANTS, INTERNAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEW, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INTUITION, INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN, INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR SUPPLY, LEVEL OF FERTILITY, LOW FERTILITY, LOW FERTILITY LEVELS, LOW-FERTILITY NORMS, LOWER FERTILITY, MEDIA, MEDIA ATTENTION, MEDIA COVERAGE, MIGRANT, MIGRANT WOMEN, MIGRANTS, MIGRATION DATA, MIGRATION RATES, MIGRATIONS, MOBILITY, NATIONAL FERTILITY, NATURAL RESOURCES, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF MIGRANTS, OLD-AGE, PARENTS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POPULATION CONCENTRATION, POPULATION FORECASTS, POPULATION PRESSURE, POPULATION RESEARCH, POPULATION STUDIES, PROGRESS, PUBLIC EDUCATION, RAPID POPULATION GROWTH, RATE OF MIGRATION, RELIGION, RELIGIOUS PRACTICE, REMITTANCE, REMITTANCES, RESPECT, RETURN MIGRATION, RICHER COUNTRIES, RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIALIZATION, SOCIETIES, SOCIETY, SPILLOVER, TEMPORARY MIGRATION, URBAN MIGRATION, URBANIZATION, WAR,
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090505130935
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4120
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