TY  - JOUR
N1  - This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
VL  - 110
SP  - 1430
JF  - The American Economic Review
PB  - American Economic Association
A1  - Voigtlaender, N
A1  - Becker, S
A1  - Grosfeld, I
A1  - Grosjean, P
A1  - Zhuravskaya, E
TI  - Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
Y1  - 2020/05//
AV  - public
IS  - 5
N2  - 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.
ID  - discovery10086419
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518
EP  - 1463
ER  -