Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

Fécondité des immigrées en Allemagne de l’Ouest: existe-t-il un effet de la socialization dans le passage du premier au deuxieme enfant et dans celui du deuxieme au troisieme enfant?

Nadja Milewski ()
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Nadja Milewski: University of Rostock

European Journal of Population, 2010, vol. 26, issue 3, No 3, 297-323

Abstract: Abstract In this paper on immigrant fertility in West Germany, we estimate the transition rates to second and third births, using intensity-regression models. The data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. We distinguish women of the first and the second immigrant generations originating from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and Spain, and compare their fertility levels to those of West German women. In the theoretical framework, we discuss competing hypotheses on migrant fertility. The findings support mainly the socialization hypothesis: the transition rates of first-generation immigrants vary by country of origin, and the fertility patterns of migrant descendants resemble more closely those of West Germans than those of the first immigrant generation. In addition, the analyses show that fertility differentials between immigrants and women of the indigenous population can largely, though not in full, be explained by compositional differences.

Keywords: Birth transitions; Life-course analysis; Migrant workers; Germany; Intensity-regression model; Passage au deuxieme et au troisieme enfant; Analyse de parcours de vie; Travailleurs migrants; Allemagne; Modèles de régression à risques instantanés (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-010-9211-0

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