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.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1257/aer.20181518 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181518 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Economics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10086419 |
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