International Migration, Transfers of Norms and Home Country Fertility

This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source coun- try fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more education. We pro- vide a rigorous test of the di¤usion of fertility norms using original and detailed data on migration. Our results provide evidence of a strong transfer of fertility norms from migrants to their country of origin.