The effects of migrant remittances on population-environment dynamics in migrant origin areas: international migration, fertility, and consumption in highland Guatemala
The effects of migrant remittances on population-environment dynamics in migrant origin areas: international migration, fertility, and consumption in highland Guatemala
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DOI：
10.1007/s11111-010-0128-7
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Lopez-Carr, David
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作者：
Davis, Jason;Lopez-Carr, David
国际移徙在许多方面影响原籍地区。例如，来自远方移民的汇款可能会改变汇款社区的消费模式，而接触不同的文化规范可能会改变其他行为。本文结合这些见解，提供了一个独特的透镜移民的环境影响。从环境的角度来看，我们提出以下问题：移民家庭在接触低生育率文化后，生育率下降是否抵消了汇款可能带来的消费增加？基于民族志的案例研究，在两个西部高地危地马拉社区，我们认为，由于汇款的消费在短期内上升是不平衡的快速下降，移民家庭生育率。然而，随着时间的推移，消费的环境成本可能会在社区一级通过传播避孕和计划生育规范减少家庭规模来减轻。
International migration impacts origin regions in many ways. As examples, remittances from distant migrants may alter consumption patterns within sending communities, while exposure to different cultural norms may alter other behaviors. This paper combines these insights to offer a unique lens on migration's environmental impact. From an environmental perspective, we ask the following question: is the likely rise in consumption brought about by remittances counterbalanced by a reduction in fertility in migrant households following exposure to lower fertility cultures? Based on ethnographic case studies in two western highland Guatemalan communities, we argue that the near-term rise in consumption due to remittances is not counterbalanced by rapid decline in migrant household fertility. However, over time, the environmental cost of consumption may be mitigated at the community level through diffusion of contraception and family planning norms yielding lower family size.