International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

Beine, Michel A. R.; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice

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International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4925

44 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Michel A. R. Beine

University of Luxemburg; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); Université catholique de Louvain; Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER); CREAM, Centre for Research on Environmental Appraisal & Management, UK; IZA Institute of Labor Economics

Maurice Schiff

Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

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Date Written: May 1, 2009

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. 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.

Keywords: Population Policies, Gender and Social Development, Reproductive Health, Human Migrations & Resettlements, Anthropology

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Beine, Michel A. R. and Docquier, Frédéric and Docquier, Frédéric and Schiff, Maurice W., International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility (May 1, 2009). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4925, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1401230