International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

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' fe...

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Main Authors:	Beine, Michel, Docquier, Frederic, Schiff, Maurice
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
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
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Summary:	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.