Fertility implications of family-based regularizations
研究了西班牙2011年一项皇家法令，该法令允许无证移民父母因子女的西班牙国籍获得临时合法身份，并发现该政策显著提高了符合条件母亲的生育可能性，但对全国总体生育率影响甚微。
Abstract We examine the fertility impact of a family-based regularization policy granting temporary legal status to unauthorized immigrants based on their offspring’s citizenship. The policy, enacted through a 2011 Royal Decree in Spain, allows for unauthorized parents of eligible nationalities to become temporary legal residents if they have a Spanish minor. Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey (2007–2016), along with a quasi-experimental approach that exploits the change in legal residency eligibility requirements, we show that the policy has significantly increased the childbearing likelihood of eligible mothers, even though the overall increase in fertility nationwide remains trivial.