Does Emancipation Matter? Fertility of Chinese International Migrants to the United States and Nonmigrants during China’s One-child Policy Period

• Published in: The International migration review Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1029 - 1060
• Main Authors: Nie, Wanli, Baizan, Pau
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2021; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Asian cultural groups; Census; Censuses; Childbearing; Childbirth & labor; Community Surveys; Disruption; Emancipation; Family policy; Fertility; Internal migration; International migration; Migrants; Migration; Polls & surveys; Population policy; Selection effects; Third births; Women; United States > US; China; emancipation effect; international migration; China; one-child policy; fertility
• ISSN: 0197-9183; 1747-7379
• DOI: 10.1177/0197918321994789

This article investigates the impact of international migration to the United States on the level and timing of Chinese migrants’ fertility. We compare Chinese women who did not leave the country (non-migrants) and were subject to restrictive family policies from 1974 to 2015 to those who moved to t...