The impact of migration on fertility: An ‘own children’ analysis for Thailand

The interrelationship of fertility, family maintenance and Mexico-U.S. Migration

“…The focus on long-term migration derives in part from the interest in anticipating the contribution of migrant fertility to the growth of destination populations that motivates much of the research on migration and fertility (Goldstein andGoldstein 1981, Stephen andBean 1992). The focus on long-term migration is also consistent with economic theories that view migration as an investment in human capital and life-time income (Sjaastad 1962, Todaro 1969, Mincer 1978.…”

“…A substantial body of accumulated research based on census and survey data links migration with fertility and family maintenance (Goldstein and Goldstein 1981, Stephen and Bean 1992, Brockerhoff and Yang 1994, White et al 2005. Some studies have considered the impact of migration on fertility Pol 1985, Jensen andAhlburg 2004) and the impact of fertility on migration (White, Moreno, andGuo 1995, Yang 2000), as well as the presence of a non-causal association between the two, rooted in their shared association with other factors that influence both outcomes (Macisco, Weller and Bouvier 1969, Ribe and Schultz 1980, Schultz 1988.…”

New insights into the fertility patterns of recent Polish migrants in the United Kingdom

“…These include theories covering both quantum (e.g., socialisation, adaptation, assimilation) and tempo (disruption, interrelation of events) effects on fertility outcomes, which have been well investigated across many settings (e.g. Milewski, 2007Milewski, , 2010Scott and Stanfors, 2010;Chattopadhyay et al 2007;Andersson, 2004;Abbasi-Shavazi and McDonald, 2002;Stephen and Bean, 1992;Hervitz, 1985;Goldstein and Goldstein, 1981;Zarate and de Zarate, 1975). In the UK context, the data are limited and do not allow a comprehensive testing of these hypotheses.…”

“…Robards et al 2012;Toulemon, 2006Toulemon, , 2004Andersson, 2004); and the disruption hypothesis, whereby there is a temporary depression of fertility due to the process of migrating (e.g. Hervitz, 1985;Goldstein and Goldstein, 1981). It is not possible to directly address these hypotheses here with the data available in the UK context, since we do not have detailed partnership, migration and fertility histories available; and we focus on a group of very recent immigrants for whom fertility patterns should be observed over a longer time period to address whether observed patterns are in fact only tempo distortions or related to longer term trends.…”

Can Knowledge Improve Forecasts?

“…In other instances there is some difference between the two levels of fertility, but this may be due to simple selection, and if so the move has no effect on overall fertility. Recent work reported by Sidney and Alice Goldstein (1981) found that the current fertility of migrants was consistently higher than their own earlier fertility and higher than that of nonmigrants in urban areas. On the other hand, the past fertility of migrants was lower than that of nonmigrants.…”