Fertility in Italy and Spain: What is the Role Played by Foreigners? A Decomposition Model Results

To what extent has the contribution of foreign women affected the recent evolution of fertility in Italy and Spain? How much was late fertility limited by the immigrants with more intense reproductive behaviours in younger age groups? Is it possible to identify any differences between the two countries in the contribution to period fertility by immigrant women? And to what extent do situations vary across the regions of either country? Decomposition methods of TFR variations and late fertility proportion in the 2001-2006 period will be used to try to answer these questions in order to quantify the contribution of the foreign component