Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Patterns*
利用英国家庭追踪调查数据，通过计数数据分位数回归，发现女性原生家庭规模与其最终生育数量正相关，且伴侣双方的原生家庭规模都会影响新家庭的生育决策。
Abstract Recent studies by economists have focused on cultural transmission from the origin country rather than the origin family. Our paper extends this research by investigating how family‐specific ‘cultural transmission’ can affect fertility rates. Following Machado and Santos Silva [ Journal of the American Statistical Association (2005) Vol. 100, p. 1226] and Miranda [ Journal of Population Economics (2008) Vol. 21, p. 67], we estimate count data quantile regression models using the British Household Panel Survey. We find that a woman's origin‐family size is positively associated with completed fertility in her destination family. A woman's country of birth also matters for her fertility. For a sub‐sample of continuously partnered men and women, both partners’ origin‐family sizes significantly affect destination‐family fertility.