Estimating the contribution of mothers of foreign origin to total fertility

Landschoot, Lisa Van; Bavel, Jan Van; Valk, AG Helga de

doi:10.4054/demres.2014.30.12

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“…An important compositional factor in many high-income countries is the presence of ethnic minorities. Migrant populations in Belgium, especially non-European groups, on average, exhibit higher fertility levels than natives, although they attain lower levels of educational attainment (Baert & Cockx, 2013;Baert, Heiland, & Korenman, 2016;Van Landschoot, Van Bavel, & de Valk, 2014). This compositional effect may be partly responsible for stronger negative or attenuated positive educational gradients in second births in urban areas.…”

Section: Composition Effects and Selective Migrationmentioning

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Shifting links in the relationship between education and fertility

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Klüsener

Neels

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Population Space and Place

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For a long time, high-income countries tended to report a negative association between female educational attainment and childbearing. Belgium was among the first countries that seemed to witness the emergence of a positive educational gradient in female fertility. It has been argued that-alongside other contextual correlates-this trend reflects the increasing availability of work-family reconciliation policies from which especially highly educated people benefit. In contrast to the sizable body of literature assessing varying educational gradients in female fertility across countries, subnational regional variation has hitherto received little attention. As a result, we study the Belgian case using unique microdata covering all residents in 2002-2005. The main focus is on the relevance of between-municipality variation in economic conditions and childcare services for understanding variation in second birth hazards by educational attainment. We show that a considerable part of the municipal variation in the educational gradient in second birth hazards reflects a positive link between fertility and childcare provisions as well as wealth for highly educated women, contrasting with lower educated groups. Our findings suggest that institutional support for families is relevant but also incurs the risk of increased social polarisation.

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Section: Composition Effects and Selective Migrationmentioning

confidence: 98%

Shifting links in the relationship between education and fertility

Wood

Klüsener

Neels

et al. 2020

Population Space and Place

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“…Similarly, while the percentages of births to migrants are rising, the effects of migration on the total number of births appear to be limited (Tromans, Natamba, and Jefferies 2009). Finally, there is an additional reason why the contribution of migration to the fertility rates of receiving countries merits attention: Up to now, the impact of migration on childbearing trends has generally been investigated in contexts in which fertility or the total number of births was recovering (Gabrielli, Paterno, and Strozza 2007;Giannantoni and Strozza 2015;Tromans, Natamba, and Jefferies 2009;Van Landschoot, Van Bavel, and de Valk 2014) rather than in contexts in which births and fertility levels were declining, as has been the case during the recent period of economic recession.…”

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On the multifaceted impact of migration on the fertility of receiving countries: Methodological insights and contemporary evidence for Europe, the United States, and Australia

Bagavos¹

2019

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BACKGROUND Within the context of increasing migration flows and persisting low fertility rates in more developed areas, focus has been placed on the impact of migration on the fertility of receiving countries. OBJECTIVE The paper examines the effect of migration on the fertility of selected European countries, the United States, and Australia for the 2009-2015 period. METHODS We provide methodological insights and evidence derived from comparisons of estimates of age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) and total fertility rates (TFRs) of native-born or foreign-born women, or female citizens or noncitizens. RESULTS The results show that although the United States and Australia are seen as model countries of migration, the contribution of migrants to the levels and trends in the TFR and in the total number of births in these countries seems to be less significant than in some European countries. Our results also show that differences in the overall TFRs of the United States and selected European countries are driven more by the differences in the TFRs of native-born women than by the net effect of migration. CONCLUSIONS Our study suggests that the impact of migration on fertility is a multifaceted issue, going far beyond the commonly used net effect of migration on increases in a country's TFR.

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Partner Choice and the Transition to Parenthood for Second-Generation Women of Turkish and Moroccan Origin in Belgium

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Studies on fertility among second-generation migrant women across Europe have mainly treated the second generation as a rather homogenous group, not linking and distinguishing fertility patterns by type of partner. This study investigates how and to what extent the origin and generation of the partner (endogamous or exogamous as well as diversity in endogamy) of Turkish and Moroccan second-generation women in Belgium is related to first-birth rates. We distinguish three types of partnerships: those in an endogamous union with a first-generation partner, those in an endogamous union with a second-generation partner, and those in an exogenous union where the partner is of native Belgian origin. We use linked Census-Register data for the period 2001-2006. Applying event-history models, our findings reveal clear differences between the endogamous and exogamous unions with respect to the timing of first births. Second-generation women of both origin groups have the lowest parenthood rates when the partner is of native Belgian origin. However, no variation is found within endogamous unions. For endogamous unions with a firstgeneration partner, the parenthood rates are approximately the same (and not higher, as was expected) compared to when the partner is also of second generation.2 Keywords: second-generation women -endogamy/exogamy -transition to parenthood -event history methods -Belgium 3

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Estimating the contribution of mothers of foreign origin to total fertility

Cited by 7 publications

References 8 publications

Shifting links in the relationship between education and fertility

Shifting links in the relationship between education and fertility

On the multifaceted impact of migration on the fertility of receiving countries: Methodological insights and contemporary evidence for Europe, the United States, and Australia

Partner Choice and the Transition to Parenthood for Second-Generation Women of Turkish and Moroccan Origin in Belgium

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