Arbeitspapier

Long-term effects of forced migration

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4003

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General
Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Thema
Migration
displaced persons
regional labor markets
Flüchtlinge
Umsiedlung
Kriegsfolgen
Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt
Finnland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Sarvimäki, Matti
Uusitalo, Roope
Jäntti, Markus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2009

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090304306
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Sarvimäki, Matti
  • Uusitalo, Roope
  • Jäntti, Markus
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2009

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