Code and Unrestricted Data for "Diffusion of Reproductive Health Behavior through International Migration: Effects on Origin-Country Fertility"

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Susan Godlonton, Williams College; Caroline Theoharides, Amherst College

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Project Citation:

Godlonton, Susan , and Theoharides, Caroline. Code and Unrestricted Data for “Diffusion of Reproductive Health Behavior through International Migration: Effects on Origin-Country Fertility.” Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2026. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-02-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E213741V1

Project Description

Summary: 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. This is the code accompanying the article, as well as the unrestricted data.

Funding Sources: Research and Empirical Analysis on Labor Migration Group (REALM)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: labor migration; family planning; fertility

JEL Classification:
      F22 International Migration
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

Geographic Coverage: Philippines

Time Period(s): 1992 – 2013

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