Showing 1 - 10 of 512
We study the effect of residential segregation on fertility for the socially excluded and marginalized Roma ethnic … minority. Using original survey data we collected in Serbia, we investigate whether fertility differs between ethnically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948653
The paper explores the relationship between religiosity and fertility among Catholics in Spain, thereby answering the … question whether the two parallel trends of dramatic drops in fertility and in religiosity are inter-related. It looks at …) of religiosity (rather than religious affiliation) on fertility. Fertility is related to the various dimensions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778399
extent they, in turn, materialize into fertility decisions. We also test the hypothesis that exposure to gender … impact of gender beliefs on fertility. Our empirical analysis is based on World Value Survey (WVS) data for five Muslim ex … turn, do not translate into higher fertility in Muslim ex-USSR Republics, while the opposite holds for other Muslim …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356276
This study presents an evolutionary process of secularization that integrates a theoretical model, simulations, and an empirical estimation that employs data from 32 countries (included in the International Social Survey Program: Religion II – ISSP, 1998). Following Bisin and Verdier (2000,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141739
Recent studies by economists exploring the nexus between culture and fertility have focused on cultural transmission … family-specific "cultural transmission" can affect fertility rates. In this context, we define "culture" as referring to …-family size is positively associated with her own completed fertility in the destination family and that her country of birth also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317336
In this paper we examine the fertility experience of immigrants during their first years in Canada. Fertility decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013084660
This paper explores the fertility decisions of Canadian immigrants using the 20 percent sample of the Canadian Census … assimilation in terms of fertility. Our analysis does not show any sharp discontinuity by age at migration as sometimes observed on … education or labor market outcomes are not present in fertility outcomes. Rather, there is an inverted U shape relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093766
-ethnic tensions. At the same time, inter-ethnic competition may influence individual fertility decisions. Using the variation in birth … dragon years, which are considered auspicious. We find a negative fertility response from Malays – for every additional … Chinese new-born child, Malays reduced their fertility by 0.30 children.We estimate the elasticity of this inter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978161
dissolution as well as fertility among immigrants, and examines the evidence collected from the main studies in the area … may explain the fertility behavior of first generation immigrants; namely, selection, disruption and adaptation. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013057911
undocumented immigrants' fertility. We find that a one standard deviation increases in enforcement lowers childbearing among likely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324297