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- halshs: halshs-03247977
- doi: 10.1257/aer.20181518
- WOS: 000530069100006
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I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I25 - Education and Economic Development I - Health, Education, and Welfare/I.I2 - Education and Research Institutions/I.I2.I26 - Returns to Education J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J2 - Demand and Supply of Labor/J.J2.J24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity N - Economic History/N.N3 - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy/N.N3.N34 - Europe: 1913- R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics/R.R2 - Household Analysis/R.R2.R23 - Regional Migration • Regional Labor Markets • Population • Neighborhood CharacteristicsSujets proches
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Sascha Becker et al., « Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers », Archive Ouverte d'INRAE, ID : 10.1257/aer.20181518
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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.