Residence background, migration, and fertility

Fertility , Migration and Altruism

* This paper was inspired by a conversation Berman had with his great uncle Rafuel Grinspun, shortly after the latter migrated from the Soviet Union. We appreciate the helpful comments of Lawrence Katz, Kevin Lang, Shlomo Yitzhaki and seminar participants at Boston University, the Hebrew University, Maryland, Yale, Michigan, MIT and an NBER Labor Studies session. We thank the Maurice Falk Insti...

Economic Geography, Fertility and Migration

This paper analyzes the relationship among economic geography, fertility and migration. The empirical evidence presented reveals that persistent regional variations in fertility exist within a country and that regional total fertility rates are negatively related to regional population density. A two-period overlapping generations model of endogenous fertility, incorporating n-regions, agglomer...

Migration and Fertility: Competing Hypotheses Re-examined

century China: Disentangling the impacts of migration, residence and Hukou

EXTENDED ABSTRACT Child development is an important predictor of later life course achievements including academic and labour market success. It is well understood that 'risk' is cumulative over the early life course, and exposure to biological, environmental and psychosocial risks affects development through changes in brain structure and function and is also evident in behavioural changes in ...

Migration, Health Knowledge and Teenagers Fertility: Evidence from Mexico∗

This paper aims at investigating the impact of migration on fertility, knowledge of contraceptive methods and preventive child health care in Mexico. A nationally representative demographic survey ENADID (National Survey of Demographic Dynamics) for the years 1997 and 2006 is used. In order to address the possible endogeneity of migrant status, an instrumental variable approach is employed: his...