Intergenerational transmission of fertility patterns

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Journal Article

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Publication date

June 1, 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.

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Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

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Volume: 71 (2):183-208

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0084.2008.00524.x

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