Intergenerational Transmission of Age at Parenthood. A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Behavior

Using a recently created multigenerational register, this study examines the fertility integration of second generation immigrants in Sweden in light of the fertility history of their parents, their co-ethnics, and the native population. We study the extent that children of immigrants have assimilated to host-country norms in terms of entrance into motherhood, with a focus on the role of labor market status in the process of becoming mothers for groups from varying national backgrounds. Using register data comprising the entire Swedish population, we examine the process of becoming parents for second-generation immigrants while controlling for the reproductive and labor-market history of the parental generation.