This dissertation tries to shed new light on the relationship between migration and fertility by
concentrating on two migration contexts and applying different quantitative methods and taking
various perspectives. The thesis consists of three independent research papers that are all tied
together by the same theoretical framework that has been proposed in the literature to explain
the link between migration and fertility (selection, disruption, interrelation of events,
socialization and adaptation). ...
This dissertation tries to shed new light on the relationship between migration and fertility by
concentrating on two migration contexts and applying different quantitative methods and taking
various perspectives. The thesis consists of three independent research papers that are all tied
together by the same theoretical framework that has been proposed in the literature to explain
the link between migration and fertility (selection, disruption, interrelation of events,
socialization and adaptation). Chapter 2 and 3 analyse the fertility behaviour of Senegalese
migrants in Europe. While Chapter 2 takes a descriptive approach to family trajectories of male
and female migrants and how they evolve in the immediate time before and after the migration
move, Chapter 3 compares the fertility behaviour of migrant and non-migrant couples. Finally,
Chapter 4 focuses on Latin American child migrants in Spain and their fertility preferences
compared to native Spanish youth. The findings contribute to our understanding of the interplay
between migration and fertility (preferences) and provide theoretical and methodological
implications for the study of migrant fertility.
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