 An Event History Analysis of Latin American Migrant CouplesMaite Michell Gómez-Gómez (),
Adriana Carolina Silva-Arias () and
Jaime Andrés Sarmiento-Espinel ()
Revista Sociedad y Economía, 2021, issue 42 Abstract: Abstract: The purpose of this paper was to study the association between migration and reproductive decisions in Mexico, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Colombia. An event history analysis was used to study the fertility and migration decisions made by a sample of couples from those countries. This study found a disruption in fertility before migrating. After the migration event and settlement, fertility increased to the same levels as the place of origin for migrants who stayed longer at their destination, particularly for those who migrated to the United States. Couples in which only the man migrated had a higher migratory prevalence. These men were young and had low human capital. Although the proportion of couples in which both members migrated was low, those couples stayed longer at their destination and their fertility disruption before migrating was highest. Keywords: decisiones de migración; , fecundidad familiar, matrimonio, capital humano de migrantes (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:col:000172:019313 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Revista Sociedad y Economía from Universidad del Valle, CIDSE Contact information at EDIRC. |
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