Fertility adaptation of rural-to-urban migrant women: A method of estimation applled to Korean women

Färber, Stephen; Lee, Bun Song

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“…Farber and Lee (1984) examined the effect of rural-urban migration on fertility in Korea. To control the possible preference selectivity, a model was constructed where they compared fertility paths of individuals who had already migrated (post-migrants), and people who had not yet migrated, but were known to migrate later (pre-migrants).…”

Section: Views On the Impact Of Migration On Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration and Fertility: Competing Hypotheses Re-examined

2005

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Competing views exist concerning the impact of geographical mobility on childbearing patterns. Early research shows that internal migrants largely exhibit fertility levels dominant in their childhood environment, while later studies find migrants' fertility to resemble more closely that of natives at destination. Some authors attribute the latter to adaptation, others claim the selection of migrants by fertility preferences. Moreover, shortterm fertility-lowering-effects of residential relocation have also been proposed and challenged in the literature. This paper contributes to the existing discussion by providing an analysis of the effect of internal migration on fertility of post-war Estonian female cohorts. We use retrospective event-history data and apply intensity regression for both single and simultaneous equations. Our analysis shows that first, the risk of birth for native residents decreases with increasing settlement size and the decrease is larger for higher-order parities. Second, it shows that migrants, whatever their origin, exhibit fertility levels similar to those of nonmigrants at destination. We also observe elevated fertility levels after residential relocations arising from union formation. Our further analysis supports the adaptation hypothesis. We find no evidence on (strong) selectivity of migrants by fertility preferences.Kulu, H., 2005, Migration et fe´condite´: un re´examen d'hypothe`ses concurrentes, Revue Europe´enne de De´mographie, 21: 51-87.Re´sume´. Les diffe´rentes e´tudes de l'influence de la mobilite´ge´ographique sur la constitution de la famille aboutissent a`des re´sultats contradictoires. Les premie`res recherches ont montre´que les migrants internes pre´sentaient des niveaux de fe´condite´comparables a`ceux qui pre´valaient dans l'environnement de leur enfance alors que des e´tudes poste´rieures font e´tat d'une fe´condite´des migrants ressemblant davantage a`celle de la population d'accueil. Certains auteurs attribuent cette observation a`un phe´nome`ne d'adaptation tandis que d'autres mettent l'accent sur un effet de se´lection des migrants en fonction de leurs choix de fe´condite´. De plus, certains travaux insistent sur le phe´nome`ne de baisse provisoire de la fe´condite´au moment du de´placement. Cet article apporte une contribution au de´bat en analysant l'effet des migrations internes sur la fe´condite´des ge´ne´rations fe´minines ne´es en Estonie apre`s la guerre. Nous utilisons des donne´es biographiques re´trospectives et appliquons une re´gression sur l'intensiteṕ our des e´quations simples et simultane´es. Notre analyse montre d'une part que la probabiliteÉ uropean Journal of Population (2005) 21: 51-87 Ó Springer 2005de naissance pour les personnes ne´es sur place est d'autant plus faible que la taille du lieu de re´sidence est importante et que cette relation est plus importante aux parite´s e´leve´es. D'autre part elle montre que les migrants, quelle que soit leur origine, pre´sentent des niveaux de fe´condite´comparables a`ceux des non-migrants du lieu d'...

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Section: Views On the Impact Of Migration On Fertilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration and Fertility: Competing Hypotheses Re-examined

2005

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“…Given that fertility patterns vary between the regions of origin and destination, a convergence may be achieved within some years of residency (shown by Iutaka et al 1971;Rindfuss 1976;Bach 1981;Farber and Lee 1984;Hervitz 1985;Nauck 1987;Ford 1990;Ram and George 1990;Schoorl 1995;Mayer and Riphahn 2000;Milewski 2007). This resemblance may be triggered by two primary channels: cultural factors and/or socio-economic conditions.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?

2010

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Immigrant fertility in West Germany: Is there a socialization effect in transitions to second and third births?Fécondité des immigrées en Allemagne de l'Ouest: existe-t-il un effet de la socialization dans le passage du premier au deuxieme enfant et dans celui du deuxieme au troisieme enfant? Nadja Milewski Abstract In this paper on immigrant fertility in West Germany, we estimate the transition rates to second and third births, using intensity-regression models. The data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study. We distinguish women of the first and the second immigrant generations originating from Turkey, the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, and Spain, and compare their fertility levels to those of West German women. In the theoretical framework, we discuss competing hypotheses on migrant fertility. The findings support mainly the socialization hypothesis: the transition rates of first-generation immigrants vary by country of origin, and the fertility patterns of migrant descendants resemble more closely those of West Germans than those of the first immigrant generation. In addition, the analyses show that fertility differentials between immigrants and women of the indigenous population can largely, though not in full, be explained by compositional differences.Keywords Birth transitions Á Life-course analysis Á Migrant workers Á Germany Á Intensity-regression model Résumé Dans cet article relatif à la fécondité des immigrées en Allemagne, le passage du premier au deuxieme enfant et dans celui du deuxieme au troisieme enfant est estimé à partir de modèles de régression à risques instantanés. Les données utilisées proviennent de l'étude de Panel socio-économique allemand. On distingue les femmes immigrées de première ou de seconde génération originaires de Turquie, d'ex-Yougoslavie, de Grèce, d'Italie et d'Espagne, et leurs niveaux de fécondité sont comparés à ceux des femmes ouest-allemandes d'origine. Des hypothèses concurrentes sur la fécondité des immigrés sont discutées dans le cadre

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“…In the case of internal migration, they can, for example, be applied to the changing context experienced by migrants from rural to urban areas (Farber andLee 1984, Hervitz 1985). The assimilation hypothesis posits that fertility preferences are formed during early socialization and that they are relatively stable throughout the life; therefore, those who as adults arrive in a culturally different setting are slow to adopt the reproductive norms that are prevalent there.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerations On the Interrelations Between Migmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Migrants can also be self-selected according to the reasons behind their moves (Kulu 2005). In addition, fertility preferences determine the destination of migrations: low fertility areas, such as big cities, are likely to attract people who have preferences for small families and vice versa (Farber and Lee 1984). In our analysis, we address the selectivity issue by controlling for observable socio-demographic characteristics of individuals, characteristics that may influence both migration and fertility behavior, and by controlling for the stated causes of the respondents' moves.…”

Section: Theoretical Considerations On the Interrelations Between Migmentioning

confidence: 99%