eprintid: 10086419
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creators_name: Voigtlaender, N
creators_name: Becker, S
creators_name: Grosfeld, I
creators_name: Grosjean, P
creators_name: Zhuravskaya, E
title: Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
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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.
date: 2020-05
date_type: published
publisher: American Economic Association
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
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elements_id: 1720812
doi: 10.1257/aer.20181518
lyricists_name: Voigtlaender, Nico
lyricists_id: NVOIG23
actors_name: Voigtlaender, Nico
actors_id: NVOIG23
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: The American Economic Review
volume: 110
number: 5
pagerange: 1430-1463
citation:        Voigtlaender, N;    Becker, S;    Grosfeld, I;    Grosjean, P;    Zhuravskaya, E;      (2020)    Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers.                   The American Economic Review , 110  (5)   pp. 1430-1463.    10.1257/aer.20181518 <https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518>.       Green open access   
 
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