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High fertility in city suburbs: compositional or contextual effects?

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  • Hill Kulu

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

  • Paul J. Boyle

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

Abstract

Fertility rates are known to be higher in city suburbs. One interpretation is that the suburban ‘context’ influences the behaviour of individuals who reside there while an alternative is that the ‘composition’ of the suburban population explains the higher fertility levels. Furthermore, suburban in-migrants who intend to have children may have a significant influence on suburban fertility rates. Using Finnish longitudinal register data we show that fertility rates are higher in the suburbs and rural areas and lower in the cities. While fertility variation across these residential contexts decreases significantly after controlling for women’s demographic and socio-economic characteristics, it does not disappear entirely suggesting that the local context may have some influence on fertility. While movers to suburbs do display higher fertility levels than non-migrant residents, their overall impact is not great because they form a small share of the suburban population.

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  • Hill Kulu & Paul J. Boyle, 2007. "High fertility in city suburbs: compositional or contextual effects?," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2007-034, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2007-034
    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2007-034
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    Cited by:

    1. Janna Bergsvik & Sara Cools & Rannveig K. Hart, 2020. "Explaining residential clustering of fertility," Discussion Papers 939, Statistics Norway, Research Department.
    2. Hill Kulu & Paul Boyle & Gunnar Andersson, 2009. "High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 21(31), pages 915-944.
    3. Sági, Judit & Lentner, Csaba, 2020. "A magyar népességpolitikai intézkedések tényezői és várható hatásai [Factors and expected outcomes of pro-birth policy interventions]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(3), pages 289-308.

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    Keywords

    Finland; event history analysis; fertility; migration; residential mobility; rural areas; suburban areas; urban areas;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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