Beine, MichelDocquier, FredericSchiff, Maurice2012-03-192012-03-192009-05-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4120This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. It provides provide a rigorous test of the diffusion on of fertility norms using original and detailed data on migration. The results provide evidence of a significant transfer of fertility norms from migrants to their country of origin: a one percent decrease in the fertility norm to which migrants are exposed reduces home country fertility by about 0.3 percent for origin countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOADULT EDUCATIONADULTHOODADULTSARGUMENTSBASIC EDUCATIONBIRTHSBRAIN DRAINCHILD LABORCHILDREN PER WOMANCITIESCONTRACEPTIVECONTRACEPTIVE USECONTRACEPTIVESCOUNTRIES OF ORIGINCOUNTRY OF ORIGINDECLINE IN FERTILITYDEMOCRACYDEMOGRAPHIC GROWTHDEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONDEMOGRAPHYDETERMINANTS OF FERTILITYDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDIASPORAEARLY CHILDHOODECOLOGYECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION OF CHILDRENEMIGRANTSEMIGRATIONFAMILY MEMBERSFEMALE LABOR FORCEFERTILITYFERTILITY BEHAVIORFERTILITY DECLINEFERTILITY DECLINESFERTILITY LEVELSFERTILITY RATEFERTILITY RATESFEWER CHILDRENFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN STUDENTSFUTURE POPULATIONGENERATIONSHIGH FERTILITY LEVELSHOME COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYHOUSEHOLDSHUMAN CAPITALIDENTITYIMMIGRANTIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONIMMIGRATION POLICIESIMMIGRATION POLICYIMPACT OF MIGRATIONIMPACT ON FERTILITYINTERNAL MIGRANTSINTERNAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRANTSINTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONINTERNATIONAL MIGRATION REVIEWINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTUITIONINVESTMENT IN CHILDRENINVESTMENT IN EDUCATIONLABOR FORCELABOR SUPPLYLEVEL OF FERTILITYLOW FERTILITYLOW FERTILITY LEVELSLOW-FERTILITY NORMSLOWER FERTILITYMEDIAMEDIA ATTENTIONMEDIA COVERAGEMIGRANTMIGRANT WOMENMIGRANTSMIGRATION DATAMIGRATION RATESMIGRATIONSMOBILITYNATIONAL FERTILITYNATURAL RESOURCESNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUMBER OF MIGRANTSOLD-AGEPARENTSPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOPULATION CONCENTRATIONPOPULATION FORECASTSPOPULATION PRESSUREPOPULATION RESEARCHPOPULATION STUDIESPROGRESSPUBLIC EDUCATIONRAPID POPULATION GROWTHRATE OF MIGRATIONRELIGIONRELIGIOUS PRACTICEREMITTANCEREMITTANCESRESPECTRETURN MIGRATIONRICHER COUNTRIESRURAL-URBAN MIGRATIONSECONDARY EDUCATIONSOCIAL NETWORKSSOCIAL NORMSSOCIALIZATIONSOCIETIESSOCIETYSPILLOVERTEMPORARY MIGRATIONURBAN MIGRATIONURBANIZATIONWARInternational Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country FertilityWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4925