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
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spelling okr-10986-41202021-04-23T14:02:15Z International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility Beine, Michel Docquier, Frederic Schiff, Maurice 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 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. 2012-03-19T19:10:20Z 2012-03-19T19:10:20Z 2009-05-01 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 English Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4925 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frederic
Schiff, Maurice
International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP),Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4925
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frederic
Schiff, Maurice
author_facet Beine, Michel
Docquier, Frederic
Schiff, Maurice
author_sort Beine, Michel
title International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
title_short International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
title_full International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
title_fullStr International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
title_full_unstemmed International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility
title_sort international migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility
publishDate 2012
url 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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