Using data from the 1970 and 1980 Censuses, we examined the fertility of immigrant women from the Middle East, Asia …, Latin America and the Caribbean where fertility rates averaged in excess of 5.5 children per women during the period of … source countries were found to have very similar unadjusted fertility to native-born women. The small immigrant …

Using data from the 1970 and 1980 Censuses, we examined the fertility of immigrant women from the Middle East, Asia …, Latin America and the Caribbean where fertility rates averaged in excess of 5.5 children per women during the period of … source countries were found to have very similar unadjusted fertility to native-born women. The small immigrant …

fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women … respectively, with the effect of mother's fertility and labor supply larger than that of women from the father's source country …'s fertility and labor supply are significantly positively affected by the immigrant generation's fertility and labor supply …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women … generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply but, for the second generation, also examines fertility and education. We … find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …