Melki, Mickael; Rapoport, Hillel; Spolaore, Enrico; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
1930, we find that higher immigration to France translated into lower fertility in the region of origin after a few decades …We argue that migrants played a significant role in the diffusion of the demographic transition from France to the rest … themselves became French citizens achieved lower fertility, particularly those who moved to French regions with the lowest …