| By: |
Eleonora Mussino (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany);
Alyson van Raalte (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany) |
| Abstract: |
This paper contributes to the analysis of fertility differentials between
migrants and the native-born by examining the transition to first child using
event history analysis. The data examined are the first-wave Italian Families
and Social Subjects Survey conducted in 2003 and the first-wave Russian Gender
and Generations Survey conducted in 2004. The objective of the study is
twofold: First we seek to determine whether differences exist in the decision
and timing of childbearing between native and foreign-born women in Italy and
in Russia. Second we aim to compare the experiences of immigrants in the two
countries, to determine whether there may be any commonalities inherent to the
immigrant populations, despite moving into widely different contexts. Our
results show many similarities in the risk profiles of our two immigrant
groups which is more suggestive of immigrants being a distinct group rather
than assimilating or conforming to the native fertility patterns. Second, our
results do not seem to confirm the presence of either disruption or family
formation being key events associated with migration. |
| Keywords: |
Italy, Russia, fertility, immigrants |
| JEL: |
J1 Z0 |
| Date: |
2008–10 |
| URL: |
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2008-026&r=cis |