The effect of homeownership on the option value of regional migration

This paper estimates a lifecycle model of consumption, housing choice, and migration in the presence of aggregate and regional shocks, using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). The model delivers structural estimates of moving costs by ownership status, age, and family size that complement the previous literature. Using the model, I first show that migration elasticities vary substantially between renters and owners, and I estimate the consumption value of having the option to migrate across regions when there are regional shocks. This value is 19 % of lifetime consumption on average, and it varies substantially with household type.

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The Effects of Housing Cost Burden on Housing Choice: Differences by Household Type

SH Urban Research & Insight ◽

10.26700/shuri.2021.12.11.3.17 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 17-40

Author(s):

Kyong-Jae Huh ◽

Hyuk-Ki Min

Keyword(s):

Housing Cost ◽

Cost Burden ◽

Housing Choice ◽

Household Type ◽

Housing Cost Burden

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The Same Fertility Ideals as in the Country of Origin? A Study of the Personal Ideal Family Size among Immigrant Women in Italy

Comparative Population Studies ◽

10.12765/cpos-2019-03 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Eleonora Mussino ◽

Livia Elisa Ortensi

Keyword(s):

Family Size ◽

Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽

Country Of Origin ◽

Destination Country ◽

Reproductive Age ◽

Ideal Family Size ◽

Ideal Family ◽

Personal Ideal ◽

And Migration ◽

The Ideal

The role of the personal ideal family size for international migrants has rarely been studied in the current debate on fertility and migration in the European context. It is not known to which extent the reduction of fertility observed among immigrants who settle in a country where fertility is lower than in their country of origin is the result of a change in fertility norms among those immigrants. The study of migrants’ ideals family size has the potential to shed light on fertility norms without the interference of economic conditions and migration-related disruptive phenomena. Due to the complexity of its migration context, Italy is an interesting destination country for studying changes in migrants’ ideal family sizes. This paper uses data from the survey of the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) on immigrant families conducted in 2011-12. We compare the personal ideal family size of women of reproductive age with the prevalent norm in their country of origin, applying a multinomial logistic regression analysis. Results show that the country of origin has an important role in the determination of immigrants’ ideal family sizes. Women from countries where large families are the ideal are more likely to show a lower personal ideal family size compared to their non-migrant co-nationals, while women from countries where two children are considered ideal mostly share the same norm. The occurrence of fertility preferences expressed in a non-numeric form (e.g. “Up to God”) changes between women with different countries of origin. This study confirms that conformity with the ideal of the country of origin is more likely among women who migrated as adults. At the same time, the number of years spent in the destination country is not significantly associated with a shift away from the norms prevalent in the country of origin. Finally, female empowerment and gender equity show their effects mainly on the reduction of non-numeric responses. * This article belongs to a special issue on migrant fertility.

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Family Histories, Reproduction, and Migration

10.1093/oso/9780199469307.003.0007 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ester Gallo

Keyword(s):

Middle Class ◽

Family Size ◽

Colonial History ◽

Class Mobility ◽

Migrant Families ◽

History Of ◽

And Migration ◽

The One ◽

The Sacrifice ◽

Middle Class Families

Chapter six discusses how different family models— joint, nuclear, transnational, among others—are linked to class mobility among Nambudiri migrant families. The question of the relation between family size, sterilization and citizenship is analysed to show how sticking to the ‘one-child’ model is made meaningful by referring to a wider colonial history of family reproduction and creates dilemmas in the present. The chapter discusses how histories of procreation, childbirth, and care are recalled to illustrate the progressive move from a sterile community to a responsible community. While the sterile community describes a colonial past in which few Nambudiri children were born or accepted due to orthodox kinship norms, the responsible community accepts the sacrifice represented by sterilization in order to achieve models of modern motherhood and fatherhood. Changing family sizes, if combined with generational forms of migration, also produces anxieties among middle-class families on elderly and children care.

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Household type and family size in Maharashtra, 1970

Studies in Family Planning ◽

10.2307/1966957 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Shireen J. Jejeebhoy

Keyword(s):

Family Size ◽

Household Type

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Family Size, Sibling Rivalry and Migration: Evidence from Mexico

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2796602 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Massimiliano Bratti ◽

Simona Fiore ◽

Mariapia Mendola

Keyword(s):

Family Size ◽

Sibling Rivalry ◽

And Migration

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Women and Migration

The Oxford Handbook of Women and the Economy ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190628963.013.31 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 730-748

Author(s):

Francisca M. Antman

Keyword(s):

Labor Markets ◽

Regional Migration ◽

Migrant Networks ◽

Female Migration ◽

Female Migrants ◽

The World ◽

And Migration ◽

Selection Factors ◽

The Relationship

While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration around the world have placed greater focus on the varied impacts of migration in recent years. Critical to this line of research is an examination of the important role that women play in both sending and destination areas. This chapter addresses various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which nonmigrant women are affected by migration, as well as how female migrants affect families and labor markets in both source and destination communities. Selection factors and determinants of female migration, as well as the gendered impacts of migrant networks, are also discussed.

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