International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

Michel Beine, Frédéric Docquier and Maurice Schiff

No 3912, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: international migration; endogenous fertility; human capital; social norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J61 O11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2008-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-mig and nep-soc
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Published - published in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2013, 46 (4)

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