In this paper, using case studies on two western highland Guatemalan communities, the authors investigated whether the likely rise in consumption brought about by remittances counterbalanced by a reduction in fertility in migrant households following exposure to lower fertility cultures.
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Davis, J. & D. Lopez-Carr. 2010. The effects of migrant remittances on population-environment dynamics in migrant origin areas: international migration, fertility, and consumption in highland Guatemala. Population & Environment 32(2-3): 216-237.
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2010
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