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The effects of migration and fertility on the age-sex structure of Lagos State, Nigeria

Ugomma, EJEKWUMADU Esther; Ani, MADU Ignatius; … - In: Economia. Seria Management 12 (2009) 2, pp. 28-38

This research was carried out to appraise the influence of fertility and migration on the age-sex population structure … migration trends in the study area. Using partial correlation and multiple regression analyses, we determined the influence of … migration and fertility on the age structure of the population. The combined effects of the partial correlation of fertility and …

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With strings attached: Grandparent-provided child care and female labor market outcomes

García-Morán, Eva; Kuehn, Zoë - 2013

Grandparents are regular providers of free child care. Similar to other forms of child care, availability of grandparent-provided child care affects fertility and labor force participation of women positively. However, grandparent-provided child care requires residing close to parents or in-laws...

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Fertility Responses of High-Skilled Native Women to Immigrant Inflows

Furtado, Delia - 2014

While there is debate regarding the magnitude of the impact, immigrant inflows are generally understood to depress wages and increase employment in immigrant-intensive sectors. In light of the over-representation of the foreign-born in the childcare industry, this paper examines whether...

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Can Immigrants Help Women "Have it All"? Immigrant Labor and Women's Joint Fertility and Labor Supply Decisions

Furtado, Delia - 2014

This paper explores how inflows of low-skilled immigrants impact the tradeoffs women face when making joint fertility and labor supply decisions. I find increases in fertility and decreases in labor force participation rates among high skilled US-born women in cities that have experienced larger...

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Immigrant labor and work-family decisions of native-born women

Furtado, Delia - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

Many countries are reviewing immigration policy, focusing on wage and employment effects for workers whose jobs may be threatened by immigration. Less attention is given to effects on prices of goods and services. The effect on childcare prices is particularly relevant to policies for dealing...

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Explaining fertility variation in rural communities: The role of electricity in Ghana

Akpandjar, George; Puozaa, Conrad; Quartey, Peter - In: Economies 6 (2018) 3, pp. 1-13

We believe the massive rural electrification, which began in 1992, played a significant role in the varying fertility rates across rural Ghana. Rural households with electricity, tend to have fewer children ever born to a woman than households without electricity. Using control function...

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