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New evidence on son preference among immigrant households in the United States

Duan, Huiqiong; Hicks, Daniel L. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/14, pp. 1-28

This paper provides new evidence on the acquisition and persistence of child gender preference among immigrant populations in the United States using Census and American Community Survey data. We first confirm the existing evidence of son preference among immigrant populations from South East...

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Immigrants and Gender Roles : Assimilation vs. Culture

Blau, Francine D. - 2015

generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …

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The Cultural Diffusion of the Fertility Transition : Evidence from Internal Migration in 19th Century France

Daudin, Guillaume - 2016

migration affected fertility by building a decennial bilateral migration matrix between French regions for 1861-1911. The … suggest the convergence towards low birth rates can be explained by the diffusion of low-fertility norms by migrants …

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International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

Beine, Michel A. R.; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2021

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of … international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries …' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We provide a rigorous test of the diffusion of fertility norms using …

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The effect of immigration shocks on native fertility outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment

Seah, Kelvin K. C. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 18, pp. 1-34

This paper investigates whether immigration shocks have a causal effect on native fertility patterns. It uses a natural … examine the fertility consequences for non-Cuban Miami women. Using a synthetic control estimator and an extended individual …, though short-lived, impact on the fertility of Miami women. In addition, fertility effects are found to vary by homeownership …

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Terror Per Capita

Jetter, Michael - 2017

Usually, studies analyzing terrorism focus on the total number of casualties or attacks in a given county. However, per capita rates of terrorism are more likely to matter for individual welfare. Analyzing 214 countries from 1970-2014, we show that three stylized findings are overturned in terms...

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Economic Freedom and Religion : An Empirical Investigation

Hillman, Arye L. - 2016

There has been much study of the consequences of economic freedom but, outside of the role of political institutions, there has been little study of the determinants of economic freedom. We investigate whether religion affects economic freedom. Our cross-sectional dataset includes 137 countries...

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Religious Tolerance as Engine of Innovation

Cinnirella, Francesco - 2018

We argue that, for a given level of scientific knowledge, tolerance and diversity are conducive to technological creativity and innovation. In particular, we show that variations in innovation within Prussia during the second industrial revolution can be ascribed to differences in religious...

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The Female Vote and the Rise of AKP in Turkey

Fidrmuc, Jan; Tunali, Cigdem Börke - 2021

Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social science research in recent years. In this study, we examine whether there is gender gap in voting behavior in Turkey. Using European Social Survey data, we find that education level...

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Policies Against Human Trafficking : The Role of Religion and Political Institutions

Potrafke, Niklas - 2021

I investigate empirically the role of religion and political institutions in policies against human trafficking, using the new 3P Anti-trafficking Policy Index. The dataset contains 175 countries. The results show that governments in countries with Christian majorities implement stricter...

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