Citizenship, Fertility, and Parental Investments
| Autor: | Irma Clots-Figueras, Ciro Avitabile, Paolo Masella |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Avitabile, Ciro, Clots-Figueras, Irma, Masella, Paolo |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Child care
Labour economics media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Fertility Investment (macroeconomics) Human capital jel:J13 jel:J24 Economics Econometrics and Finance Shock (economics) Family planning Political science jel:J15 jel:J16 General Economics Econometrics and Finance Citizenship health care economics and organizations media_common |
| Zdroj: | American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. 6:35-65 |
| ISSN: | 1945-7790 1945-7782 |
| DOI: | 10.1257/app.6.4.35 |
| Popis: | Citizenship rights are associated with better economic opportunities for immigrants. This paper studies how in a country with a large fraction of temporary migrants the fertility decisions of foreign citizens respond to a change in the rules that regulate child legal status at birth. The introduction of birthright citizenship in Germany in 2000, represented a positive shock to the returns to investment in child human capital. Consistent with Becker's “quality-quantity” model of fertility, we find that birthright citizenship leads to a reduction in immigrant fertility and an improvement in health and socio-emotional outcomes for the children affected by the reform. (JEL J13, J15, J16, J24) |
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