International migration, transfer of norms and home country fertility

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1406-1430

  Beine, Michel ^a   Docquier, Frédéric ^b   Schiff, Maurice ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c World Bank and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION;

EID: 84887786743     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: 15405982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/caje.12062     Document Type: Article

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