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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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The effect of education on teenage fertility : causal evidence for Argentina

Alzúa, María Laura; Velázquez, Cecilia - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 7, pp. 1-28

This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an … 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two …

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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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Effect of actual and perceived violence on internal migration : evidence from Mexico's drug war

Fernández Domínguez, Amilcar O. - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 11 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-27

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), violence should be considered by examining both actual and perceived crime. However, the studies related to violence and internal migration under the Mexican drug war episode focus only on one aspect of violence...

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Ethnic identity and scholastic effort : a multifaceted approach

Autiero, Giuseppina - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 7 (2017) 2, pp. 1-13

When one analyses the influence of social identity on scholastic effort, ethnic identity largely contributes to determine it. In this paper, ethnic identity is meant as the attachment to one’s cultural heritage and the adaptation to host societies; this allows considering how conflicting...

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Abortion legalization and life-cycle fertility

Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Gruber, Jonathan; Levine, … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 42 (2007) 2, pp. 375-397

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Testing the external effect of household behavior : the case of the demand for children

Li, Hongbin; Zhang, Junsen - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 44 (2009) 4, pp. 890-915

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When is the local average treatment close to the average? : evidence from fertility and labor supply

Ebenstein, Avraham - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 44 (2009) 4, pp. 955-975

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The "Missing Girls" of China and the unintended consequences of the one child policy

Ebenstein, Avraham - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 45 (2010) 1, pp. 87-115

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The supply of birth control methods, education, and fertility : evidence from Romania

Pop-Eleches, Christian - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 45 (2010) 4, pp. 971-997

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