70818 20191122145058.0 doi 10.1016/j.econmod.2017.10.006 sideral 102255 ART-2018-102255 eng (orcid)0000-0002-1944-4790 Marcén, Miriam Universidad de Zaragoza The effect of culture on the fertility decisions of immigrant women in the United States 2018 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper examines whether culture plays a role in the number of children born. We use data on immigrant women who arrived in the United States when younger than age six. Since all these women grew up under the same laws, institutions, and economic conditions, then the differences between them by country of origin may be due to cultural differences. We identify the cultural effect, exploiting variations in the mean number of children born by country of origin, age, education level, and employment status. Results show that the home-country mean number of children born has a positive relationship to the number of children born of immigrants living in the US, suggesting that culture is important. Additionally, we extend this work to an analysis of both the decision to have children and the number of children born, finding again that culture appears to play a significant role. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 2.056 2018 ECONOMICS 93 / 363 = 0.256 2018 Q2 T1 1.039 2018 Economics and Econometrics 2018 Q2 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion (orcid)0000-0002-9437-4606 Molina, José Alberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9957-6613 Morales, Marina Universidad de Zaragoza 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 70 (2018), 15-28 Econ. model. ECONOMIC MODELLING 0264-9993 423480 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70818/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 60315 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/70818/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:70818 articulos driver 2019-11-22-14:47:32 ARTICLE