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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009865
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316417
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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality
Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020
mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296897
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315549
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Female Migration : A Way Out of Discrimination
Ruyssen, Ilse - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011648
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Genetic Distance and International Migrant Selection
Krieger, Tim - 2015
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013018280
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How access to contraception affects fertility and contraceptive use in Tunisia
Cochrane, Susan; Guilkey, David K. - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000138556
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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"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. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003833500
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Going beyond the first child : analysis of Russian mothers' desired and actual fertility
Levin, Victoria; Besedina, Elena; Aritomi, Tami - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454057