Journal Article
Intergenerational transmission of fertility patterns
Authors
Publication date
2009
Abstract
Recent studies by economists have focused on cultural transmission from the origin country rather than the origin family. Our paper extends this research by investigating how family-specific ‘cultural transmission’ can affect fertility rates. Following Machado and Santos Silva [Journal of the American Statistical Association (2005) Vol. 100, p. 1226] and Miranda [Journal of Population Economics (2008) Vol. 21, p. 67], we estimate count data quantile regression models using the British Household Panel Survey.We find that a woman’s origin-family size is positively associated with completed fertility in her destination family.Awoman’s country of birth also matters for her fertility. For a sub-sample of continuously partnered men and women, both partners’ origin-family sizes significantly affect destination-family fertility.
Published in
Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics
Volume
71 (2):183-208
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00524.x
Subjects
Social Anthropology, Demography, and Childbearing: Fertility
Links
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