生殖健康行为通过国际迁移的扩散：对来源国生育率的影响
Diffusion of Reproductive Health Behavior through International Migration: Effects on Origin-Country Fertility
American Economic Review · 2025 · [{"name": "Susan Godlonton", "affiliation": ["Williams College"]}, {"name": "Caroline Theoharides", "affiliation": ["Amherst College"]}]
中文摘要
国际移民可能促进思想在国家间的传播。我们考察了移民接触生殖健康政策对菲律宾原籍国生育率的影响。我们利用目的地国生殖健康政策的时间变异，结合菲律宾各省在迁移强度及移民目的地历史构成上的空间变异进行识别。移民接触更自由化的生殖健康政策会降低原籍社区的生育率。这一下降由现代避孕方法采用率的提高所驱动。可见的政策变化，如避孕用品的商业广告，导致了这种行为变化。稳固确立的计划生育观念会调节生育率反应。(JEL D91, F22, I18, J13, O15, O18, Z13)
Abstract
International migrants may facilitate the transmission of ideas across countries. We examine the impact of migrant exposure to reproductive health policies on origin-country fertility in the Philippines. We exploit temporal variation in destination-country reproductive health policies combined with spatial variation across Philippine provinces in their migration intensity and historical composition of migrant destinations. Migrant exposure to more liberalized reproductive health policies reduces origin-community fertility. This reduction is driven by increased adoption of modern contraceptives. Visible policy changes, such as commercial advertising of contraceptives, lead to this change in behavior. Firmly established family planning values moderate the fertility response. (JEL D91, F22, I18, J13, O15, O18, Z13)