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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …
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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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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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In light of the recent feminization of migration, we empirically explore to what extent worldwide female migration can be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and preparation to emigrate from 150 countries between...
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This paper looks at the effect of the relatedness of two countries, measured by their genetic distance, on educational migrant selection. We analyze bilateral country-level education-specific migration stocks from 85 sending countries to the 15 main destination countries in 2000 and show that...
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Using 1995-2011 Current Population Survey and 1970-2000 Census data, we find that the fertility, education and labor … by the immigrant generation's levels of these variables, with the effect of the fertility and labor supply of women from … evidence that suggests our findings for fertility and labor supply are due to at least in part to intergenerational …
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The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern … and social welfare in developing countries. This paper tests whether the relationship between fertility and education is … fertility. The analysis suggests that increasing education by one year reduces fertility by 0.26 births …
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The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines … responses in fertility will reinforce this decline by reducing the willingness to engage in unprotected sex. We utilize recent … rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys which link an individual woman's fertility outcomes to her HIV status based on …
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This paper examines the effect of a nationwide healthcare reform implemented in Turkey on women's fertility decisions … clinics, called Family Health Centers, on a walk-in basis. Although reducing fertility was not specified among the goals of …'s position is to encourage fertility behavior and discourage birth control practices among women at prime childbearing ages …
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generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … of immigrants to native levels of schooling, fertility, and labor supply across generations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011111