| Title: | Bringing It All Back Home – Return Migration and Fertility Choices (2015) |
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| Authors: | Simone Bertoli, Author ; Francesca Marchetta, Author |
| In : | World development (Vol. 65, January 2015) |
| Article on page: | pp. 27-40 |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > Africa > North Africa [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > economic geography > Arab Common Market countries > Egypt [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > demography and population > composition of the population > household [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > demography and population > demography > births > fertility [Eurovoc] SOCIAL QUESTIONS > migration > migration > return migration |
| Tags: | North Africa ; household-level data ; fertility ; Egypt ; temporary migration |
| Abstract: | Return migration exerts a wide-ranging influence upon the countries of origin of the migrants. We analyze whether returnees adjust their fertility choices to the norms that prevail in their previous countries of destination using Egyptian household-level data. Egyptian men migrate predominantly toward other Arab countries characterized by a higher number of children per woman. Relying on a two-step instrumental variable approach to control for the endogeneity of the migration decisions, we show that return migration has a positive and significant influence on marital childbearing. |
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DOI : 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.08.006 
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| Axe de recherche : | Intégration des pays en développement dans l'économie mondialisée |
| Link for e-copy: | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-01141668 |
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