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Culture, Labor Supply, and Fertility Across Immigrant Generations in the United States

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  • Felix M. Muchomba
  • Nan Jiang
  • Neeraj Kaushal

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Recent immigration to the United States and other developed nations has increasingly been from countries that have relatively traditional gender norms. This study uses data from the Current Population Survey for 2000–14 to investigate how source-country gender norms influence the labor supply and fertility of married women across immigrant generations in the US. It finds that immigrants’ and descendants’ labor supply and fertility are associated with the female-to-male labor force participation ratio and total fertility rate in the source country; importantly, the association declines across successive generations. Husbands’ source-country characteristics are also associated with the labor supply and fertility of immigrant women. These findings indicate evolution and assimilation of traditional gender norms in the long run.

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  • Felix M. Muchomba & Nan Jiang & Neeraj Kaushal, 2020. "Culture, Labor Supply, and Fertility Across Immigrant Generations in the United States," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(1), pages 154-178, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:femeco:v:26:y:2020:i:1:p:154-178
    DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2019.1633013
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    Cited by:

    1. Markowsky, Eva, 2022. "Culture, Female Labour Force Participation, and Selective Migrationː New Meta-Analytic Evidence," WiSo-HH Working Paper Series 65, University of Hamburg, Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, WISO Research Laboratory.
    2. Marcén, Miriam & Morales, Marina, 2021. "Culture and the cross-country differences in the gender commuting gap," Journal of Transport Geography, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).

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