Long-term effects of forced migration

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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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4003

Classification and Topics

• Classification: 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
• Subject: Migration ; displaced persons ; regional labor markets ; Flüchtlinge ; Umsiedlung ; Kriegsfolgen ; Regionaler Arbeitsmarkt ; Finnland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Sarvimäki, Matti ; Uusitalo, Roope ; Jäntti, Markus
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35563
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20090304306
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:46 AM CET