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Forced migration and human capital : evidence from post-WWII population transfers

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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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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
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
Dates:
DateEvent
May 2020Published
2 January 2019Updated
7 October 2019Accepted
Volume: 110
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 1430-1463
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20181518
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
ES/L011719/1[ESRC] Economic and Social Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000269
FT 190100298[ARC] Australian Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000923
646662[ERC] Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
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