Amuedo-Dorantes, CatalinaIbáñez, Ana MaríaRozo, Sandra V.Traettino, Salvador2023-05-082023-05-082023-05-08https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39795How do policies that ease the integration of immigrants shape their fertility decisions This paper uses a panel survey of undocumented Venezuelan migrants in Colombia to compare the fertility decisions of households before and after the launch of an amnesty program that granted such migrants a labor permit and access to social services. The results suggest the amnesty reduced the likelihood that program beneficiaries would have a child due to better labor market opportunities for women and greater access to family planning resources through health care services.enCC BY 3.0 IGOMIGRATIONREFUGEESAMNESTYIMMIGRANT INTEGRATION AND BIRTH RATEBIRTH RATEIMMIGRANT WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENTMore Benefits, Fewer ChildrenWorking PaperWorld BankHow Regularization Affects Immigrant Fertility10.1596/1813-9450-10431