Fertility assimilation of immigrants: Evidence from count data models

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-261

  Mayer, Jochen ^a,b   Riphahn, Regina T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Disruption; Immigrant fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341073     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001480050136     Document Type: Article

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