Adherence to cultural norms and economic incentives: Evidence from fertility timing decisions

•Second generation migrants with a high fertility have larger families.•Decisions about when to have a first child are not influenced by cultural norms.•Second generation migrants tend to abandon economically costly cultural norms.•Fertility norms operate partly through religion and selection of a n...

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Volume:	162
Main Author:	Chabé-Ferret, Bastien
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
published in:	Journal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 162; pp. 24 - 48
ORCID:	0000-0003-1365-7442
Data of publication:	June 2019
ISSN:	0167-2681 1879-1751
EISSN:	1879-1751
Discipline:	Business Economics
Subjects:	Birth timing Fertility Cultural norms Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Labor market Cost benefit analysis Economic incentives Analysis Cultural norms Birth timing Fertility Z10 Z12 J13 J15 WOMEN TRANSMISSION COSTS IMMIGRANTS RELIGION DYNAMICS WORK PREFERENCE CHILDREN
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Knowledge Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index – 2019 Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS