Data and Code for: Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Sascha Becker; Irena Grosfeld, Paris School of Economics; Pauline Grosjean, UNSW; Nico Voigtländer, UCLA Anderson School of Management; Ekaterina Zhuravskaya, Paris School of Economics

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Project Citation: 

Becker, Sascha, Grosfeld, Irena, Grosjean, Pauline , Voigtländer, Nico, and Zhuravskaya, Ekaterina. Data and Code for: Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2020. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-04-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E115202V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary 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. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources ESRC Centre for Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (ES/L011719/1); European Research Council (ERC): European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program (646662); Australian Research Council (FT190100298)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Poland; Forced Migration ; Uprootedness; Human Capital
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D74 Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
      I25 Education and Economic Development
      N33 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: Pre-1913
      N34 Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: Europe: 1913-
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Poland
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; survey data


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