Sex of first child: like migrant father, like son

IF 1.3 4区经济学 Q3 DEMOGRAPHY

Journal of Demographic Economics Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI:10.1017/dem.2022.12

Shangxiner Li

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Abstract

As males in Mexico have the authority in households and dominate migration flows to the US, this paper argues that having a son as the first child provides an early additional candidate for the anchor position in Mexico and for migration trips to the US, making households better off. Fathers with longer migration experiences have higher expectations for future migration trips and stronger incentives to manipulate the sex of their first child. The empirical analysis confirms that by presenting positive effects of fathers’ previous migration experiences on the probability of having a son as a firstborn child, though abortions are widely illegal in Mexico.

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第一胎性别:有外来务工人员父亲，有外来务工人员儿子

由于墨西哥的男性在家庭中拥有权威，并主导着移民到美国的流动，本文认为，有一个儿子作为第一个孩子为墨西哥的锚定职位和移民到美国提供了一个早期的额外候选人，使家庭生活得更好。有较长移民经历的父亲对未来的移民旅行有更高的期望，也有更强的动机来操纵他们第一个孩子的性别。实证分析证实，尽管堕胎在墨西哥普遍是非法的，但父亲以前的移民经历对长子出生的概率产生了积极影响。

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Journal of Demographic Economics Multiple-

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2.30

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期刊介绍： Demographic variables such as fertility, mortality, migration and family structures notably respond to economic incentives and in turn affect the economic development of societies. Journal of Demographic Economics welcomes both empirical and theoretical papers on issues relevant to Demographic Economics with a preference for combining abstract economic or demographic models together with data to highlight major mechanisms. The journal was first published in 1929 as Bulletin de l’Institut des Sciences Economiques. It later became known as Louvain Economic Review, and continued till 2014 to publish under this title. In 2015, it moved to Cambridge University Press, increased its international character and changed its focus exclusively to demographic economics.