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The fertility of male immigrants: a comparative study on six Western European countries.
- Source :
- European Societies; Feb2019, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p101-129, 29p, 3 Charts, 12 Graphs
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Migration has a huge demographic impact on European societies, especially when migrant populations have different levels and patterns of fertility, union formation and mortality, contributing to population size and composition. Nevertheless, comparative studies focusing on the association between migration and fertility, and how it evolves during the migration process, are still scarce. This work analyses the fertility of male migrants in six European countries: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, The Netherlands and United Kingdom. Using data from the EU-LFS (2005-2015), results show that migrants are more likely to have at least one child and larger family size than natives, except those coming from Eastern Europe and Central America. Nevertheless, time since migration is a crucial element to explain their fertility: migrants from any country of origin have lower propensities of parenthood immediately after migration, whereas their fertility increases over time spent in the host society. We then find evidence of disruption in the short-run and of socialization once migrants settle in the new society, especially in Southern European countries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EMIGRATION & immigration
SOCIETIES
MORTALITY
FERTILITY
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14616696
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- European Societies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 135115631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2018.1511820