Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/278868 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16170
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How do policies that ease the integration of immigrants shape their fertility decisions? We use a panel survey of undocumented Venezuelan migrants in Colombia to compare the fertility decisions of households before and after the launch of an amnesty program that granted such migrants a labor permit and access to social services. Our results suggest the amnesty reduced the likelihood that program beneficiaries would have a child due to better labor market opportunities for women and greater access to family planning resources through health care services.
Subjects: 
migration
refugees
amnesties
Latin America
JEL: 
F22
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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