Fertility assimilation of immigrants: Evidence from count data models

Mayer, Jochen; Riphahn, Regina T.

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“…Results showed, in line with the literature (e.g., Kane 1986), that women with an urban background have significantly lower transition rates both to a first and to a second birth. The religious affiliation has one category with a significant effect on second births, i.e., having no religious affiliation was found to have a birth-risklowering impact (e.g., Mayer and Riphahn 2000). In general, this probably reflects more of the variability within the West German group than differences between immigrants and Germans; for immigrants there appears to be a relatively high association between country background and religion.…”

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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.…”

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

2010

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“…This increases the importance of stable employment to avoid financial difficulties and social stigma (Brand and Thomas 2014). Among immigrants in Germany, age at parenthood is also lower, and the number of children is higher (Mayer and Riphahn 2000). As a result, immigrants are more likely to lose their jobs in a life stage that is particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of unemployment.…”

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Do Immigrants Suffer More From Job Loss? Unemployment and Subjective Well-being in Germany

Leopold

Lechner

2017

Demography

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research at DIW BerlinThis series presents research findings based either directly on data from the German SocioEconomic Panel study (SOEP) or using SOEP data as part of an internationally comparable data set (e.g. CNEF, ECHP, LIS, LWS, CHER/PACO). SOEP is a truly multidisciplinary household panel study covering a wide range of social and behavioral sciences: economics, sociology, psychology, survey methodology, econometrics and applied statistics, educational science, political science, public health, behavioral genetics, demography, geography, and sport science.The decision to publish a submission in SOEPpapers is made by a board of editors chosen by the DIW Berlin to represent the wide range of disciplines covered by SOEP. There is no external referee process and papers are either accepted or rejected without revision. Papers appear in this series as works in progress and may also appear elsewhere. They often represent preliminary studies and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be requested from the author directly.Any opinions expressed in this series are those of the author(s) and not those of DIW Berlin.Research disseminated by DIW Berlin may include views on public policy issues, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. AbstractThis study asked whether immigrants suffer more from job loss than German natives do. Compositional, psychosocial, and normative differences between these groups suggest that various factors intensifying the negative impact of unemployment on subjective well-being are either more prevalent, more influential, or distinct among immigrants. Based on longitudinal data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study ; N = 36,296 persons aged 20 to 64; N = 240,071 person-years), we used fixed-effects models to trace within-person change in subjective well-being across the transition from employment to unemployment and over several years after job loss. Results showed that immigrants' average declines in subjective well-being exceeded those of natives. Further analyses revealed gender interactions. Declines were smaller and similar among immigrant and native women. Among men, declines were larger and differed between immigrants and natives. Immigrant men showed the largest declines, amounting to one standard deviation of within-person change ove...

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“…The results of studies on outcomes other than infant mortality support the assimilation theory. For example, a number of studies have found that female labour force participation and fertility converge towards non-immigrant levels with length of stay (Antecol 2000;Mayer and Riphahn 2000). In this paper we will study the assimilation process more closely.…”

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Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway: Does maternal source country matter?

Kinge¹,

Kornstad²

2014

DemRes

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Fertility assimilation of immigrants: Evidence from count data models

Cited by 105 publications

References 15 publications

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

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

Do Immigrants Suffer More From Job Loss? Unemployment and Subjective Well-being in Germany

Assimilation effects on infant mortality among immigrants in Norway: Does maternal source country matter?

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