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Long-Term Effects of Forced Migration

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  • Sarvimäki, Matti

    ()

    (London School of Economics)

  • Uusitalo, Roope

    ()

    (HECER)

  • Jäntti, Markus

    ()

    (SOFI, Stockholm University)

Abstract

We study the long-term effects of human displacement using individual-level panel data on forced migrants and comparable non-migrants. After World War II, Finland ceded a tenth of its territory to the Soviet Union and resettled the entire population living in these areas in the remaining parts of the country. We find that displacement increased the long-term income of men, but had no effect on that of women. We attribute a large part of the effect to faster transition from traditional (rural) to modern (urban) occupations among the displaced.

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Length: 46 pages
Date of creation: Feb 2009
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Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp4003
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Keywords: regional labor markets; displaced persons; migration;

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  • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
  • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
  • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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Cited by:

  1. Karol Jan Borowiecki, 2010. "Are Composers Different? Historical Evidence on Conflict-induced Migration (1816-1997)," The Institute for International Integration Studies Discussion Paper Series iiisdp342, IIIS.
  2. Falck, Oliver & Heblich, Stephan & Link, Susanne, 2011. "The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?," Stirling Economics Discussion Papers 2011-14, University of Stirling, Division of Economics.
  3. Thomas Bauer & Sebastian Braun & Michael Kvasnicka, 2012. "The Economic Integration of Forced Migrants: Evidence for Post-War Germany," CReAM Discussion Paper Series 1230, Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London.
  4. Stephan Thomsen, 2009. "Job Search Assistance Programs in Europe: Evaluation Methods and Recent Empirical Findings," FEMM Working Papers 09018, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Faculty of Economics and Management.
  5. Christoph Eder, 2013. "Displacement and Education of the Next Generation: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina," HiCN Working Papers 152, Households in Conflict Network.
  6. Puhani, Patrick, 2014. "Employment Industry and Occupational Continuity in Germany: From the Nazi Regime to the Post-War Economic Miracle," Economics Working Paper Series 1422, University of St. Gallen, School of Economics and Political Science.
  7. Mathieu SANCH-MARITAN & LIONEL VEDRINE, 2014. "Conflict displacement and technology adoption: evidence on agricultural households in Bosnia and Herzegovina," Working Papers 270248, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, France.
  8. Alexander Murray, 2010. "The State of Knowledge on the Role and Impact of Labour Market Information: A Survey of the International Evidence," CSLS Research Reports 2010-05, Centre for the Study of Living Standards.
  9. Aki Kangasharju & Matti Sarvimäki, 2010. "Self-reinforcing shocks: evidence from a resettlement policy," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 33512, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  10. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh & Isabel Ruiz & Carlos Vargas-Silva & Roger Zetter, 2012. "Assessing the Impacts and Costs of Forced Displacement : Volume 1. A Mixed Methods Approach," World Bank Other Operational Studies 16096, The World Bank.

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