In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in … marriage remained stubbornly high into the twentieth century. Explanations of Ireland's late entry to the fertility transition … Irish outside of Ireland behaved the same way. This paper investigates these claims by examining the marital fertility of …

We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration …, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue … younger age groups. Immigration drives growth among Hindus and Muslims, while low fertility explains decline among Jews. The …

In most western societies, marital fertility began to decline in the nineteenth century. But in Ireland, fertility in …. This paper investigates these claims by examining the marital fertility of Irish Americans in 1900 and 1910. We find that … Irish fertility patterns did not survive the Atlantic crossing. The Irish in America had smaller families than couples in …

I show how the influences of unskilled immigration, differential fertility between immigrants and the local indigenous … transfers. For the economy at large, high-fertility unskilled immigrants and a lowfertility indigenous population result in …

considers population growth rate and a directly related to fertility demographic indicator - total fertility rate. Using a panel … fertility. These findings suggest that the appreciation of the demographic effect of foreign aid can have important implications …

Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility …. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women … effect, which reduces fertility. In contrast, if the time period when women work abroad does not coincide with the period …