Abstract
This paper examines the effects of family size and demographic structure on offspringâs international migration. We use rich survey data from Mexico to estimate the impact of sibship size, birth order and sibling composition on teenagersâ and Young adultsâ migration outcomes. We find little evidence that high fertility drives migration. The positive correlation between sibship size and migration disappears when endogeneity of family size is addressed using biological fertility miscarriages) and infertility shocks. Yet, the chances to migrate are not equally distributed across children within the family. Older siblings, especially firstborn males, are more likely to migrate, while having more sisters than brothers may increase the chances of migration, particularly among girls.
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