Why does migration decrease fertility? Evidence from the Philippines

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4856969
AutoresEric Jensen (0000-0003-3197-3430, William & Mary), Dennis A Ahlburg (University of Minnesota System), Dennis Ahlburg
Ano2004
Volume58
Fascículo2
Páginas219-231
Data de publicação2004-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPopulation Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0032-4728 • E-ISSN: 1477-4747
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0032472042000213686
PMID15204255
OpenAlexW2063170482
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas26
Referências citadas18

We model the impact of past migration on fertility, assessing the separate effects of relative urbanization of the destination, as a proxy for norms, and post-migration employment, as a proxy for opportunity costs. In the Philippines, we find that large fertility declines accompany post-migration employment. If not followed by work for pay, the estimated fertility impact of migration is small. We find little evidence of migrant selectivity in fertility, and offer speculative evidence that fertility disruption accompanying migration may be large enough to account for much of the apparent effect of normative adaptation

Demographic economics · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Fertility · Internal migration · Labour economics · Normative · Political science · Population · Proxy (statistics) · Sociology · Urbanization · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Migration and Labor Dynamics