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Becker, Sascha O., Grosfeld, Irena, Grosjean, Pauline, Voigtländer, Nico and Zhuracskaya, Ekaterina (2020) Forced migration and human capital : evidence from post-WWII population transfers. American Economic Review, 110 (5). pp. 1430-1463. doi:10.1257/aer.20181518
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518
Abstract
We study the long-run effects of forced migration on investment in education. After World War II, millions of Poles were forcibly uprooted from the Kresy territories of eastern Poland and resettled ( primarily) in the newly acquired Western Territories, from which the Germans were expelled. We combine historical censuses with newly collected survey data to show that, while there were no pre-WWII differences in educational attainment, Poles with a family history of forced migration are significantly more educated today than other Poles. These results are driven by a shift in preferences away from material possessions toward investment in human capital.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Forced migration -- Economic aspects -- Poland, Population transfers -- Polish people -- Economic aspects, Immigrants -- Education -- Economic aspects -- Poland, Human capital -- Poland | ||||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | American Economic Review | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | American Economic Association | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0002-8282 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | May 2020 | ||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 110 | ||||||||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1430-1463 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20181518 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
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