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Scholars at Risk : Academic Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany

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  • Becker, Sascha O

    (Monash University and University of Warwick)

  • Lindenthal, Volker

    (University of Munich)

  • Mukand, Sharun

    (University of Warwick)

  • Waldinger, Fabian

    (University of Munich)

Abstract

We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their jobs by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate the causal effect of networks. Academics with more ties to early émigrés (emigrated 1933-1934) were more likely to emigrate. Early émigrés functioned as “bridging nodes” that facilitated emigration to their own destination. We also distinguish between three kinds of social networks – family, community, or professional networks and study their relative importance. Lastly, we provide some of the first empirical evidence of decay in social ties over time.

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  • Becker, Sascha O & Lindenthal, Volker & Mukand, Sharun & Waldinger, Fabian, 2021. "Scholars at Risk : Academic Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 1330, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:wrk:warwec:1330
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    1. Sascha O. Becker, 2022. "Forced displacement in history: Some recent research," Australian Economic History Review, Economic History Society of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(1), pages 2-25, March.
    2. Ina Ganguli & Fabian Waldinger, 2024. "War and Science in Ukraine," Entrepreneurship and Innovation Policy and the Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 3(1), pages 165-188.

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