In this overview, we seek to provide a comprehensive resource for scholars of female
immigrant labor market integration in Europe, to act both as a reference and a roadmap for …

Two main factors arguably account for the fact that the negative gradient of fertility by
educational attainment, which has been prevalent in developed countries in most of the 20th …

This book, in its second edition, introduces readers to the economics of immigration, which is
a booming field within economics. The main themes and objectives of the book are for …

BACKGROUND Immigrants and their second-generation descendants make up more than a
quarter of the current Swedish population. Their nuptiality patterns can be viewed as crucial …

OBJECTIVE This article provides an introduction to a special collection on childbearing
among the descendants of immigrants in Europe. We first review recent life-course research …

BACKGROUND Spain, a country with one of the lowest fertility levels in the world, has
recently received intense immigration flows that may contribute to fertility recovery …

Previous research has analyzed the effect of migration on fertility, and a number of
hypotheses have been developed: namely adaptation, socialization, selection, disruption …

BACKGROUND Previous research shows evidence of an interrelation between family
formation and the migration of immigrants in Europe. Less research has been conducted on …

We study the interrelationships between partnership and fertility trajectories of immigrant
women and female descendants of immigrants using the UK Household Longitudinal Study …

BACKGROUND The fertility of immigrants' descendants is an important topic for
demographers, since it affects the structure of the future population. However, little attention …