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More remittances, fewer kids—Impact of remittances on fertility in Morocco

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ID21594271
AuthorsOussama Ben Atta (0000-0002-5620-8156, IRMAPE ESC Pau Business School Pau France, corresponding author), Kamal Kasmaoui (0000-0002-1375-0340, IRMAPE ESC Pau Business School Pau France), Mazhar Mughal (0000-0001-7846-9632, éklore-ed School of Management), Mazhar Yasin Mughal (IRMAPE ESC Pau Business School Pau France), Farid Makhlouf (0000-0001-8737-6075, IRMAPE ESC Pau Business School Pau France, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume33
Issue8
Pages1238-1256
Publication date2021-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3570
OpenAlexW3207094258
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

This study examines the role played by remittances in Morocco's spectacular fertility decline over the 1975–2018 period. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds approach, we find a significant negative association between remittances to the country and total fertility rate. This relationship is stronger in the long term than in the short term, suggesting that the human capital‐accumulation channel is probably more important than the income effect. Findings of the study highlight the contribution of Morocco's large overseas migrant community to the country's demographic transition

Demographic economics · Demographic transition · Development economics · Distributed lag · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Fertility · Human capital · Population · Research methodology · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year1
Citation span2026 - 2026 (1)
Citation velocitycurrent
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