The current study examines the quantum of childbearing of migrants from low-fertility contexts (Poland and Romania) at multiple destinations (Italy and the United Kingdom), and compares them to stayers at origin and to nonmigrants at destination, combining the multiorigin/multidestination approach with the ‘context-of-origin’ perspective. Using data from the Labour Force Surveys (2009–2015) and adopting a gender and a couple perspective, we show that Polish and Romanian women have fewer children than nonmigrants at destinations. Romanian migrant women and men have a fertility similar to that of stayers at the origin, especially in United Kingdom, suggesting a socialization pattern for this group. Our findings also suggest the presence of the disruption mechanism for migrants, mainly in the short term, combined with a ‘catch-up’ in the long run explained by family reunification, primarily in Italy. However, the ‘catch-up’ over time of residence is found to be slower compared to previous studies. Finally, we find selection into migration and into different destination play an important role.

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来源地和目的地对欧洲移民生育率的影响

目前的研究检查了来自低生育率环境（波兰和罗马尼亚）的移民在多个目的地（意大利和英国）的生育数量，并将他们与原籍地的停留者和目的地的非移民进行比较，结合多来源/多目的地方法以“原产地背景”的视角。使用劳动力调查（2009-2015 年）的数据并采用性别和夫妻视角，我们表明波兰和罗马尼亚妇女在目的地的孩子比非移民少。罗马尼亚移民女性和男性的生育率与原籍地（尤其是在英国）的停留者相似，这表明该群体的社会化模式。我们的研究结果还表明存在对移民的破坏机制，主要是在短期内，从长远来看，家庭团聚可以解释为“追赶”，主要是在意大利。然而，与之前的研究相比，发现随着居住时间的“追赶”速度较慢。最后，我们发现选择迁移到不同的目的地起着重要的作用。