QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC HISTORY (QUCEH) SEMINAR 

Friday 12^th April

1pm

“Skilled Labour Inflows and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence from Post-War Germany​”

Abstract

This study uses a novel county-level database on German World War II (WWII) expellees to analyze the effects of skilled migration on regional development. We find a statistically significant and positive effect of high-skilled expellees on income growth in West Germany. To allow for a causal interpretation, we exploit the exogenous character of the flight and expulsion process and use an instrumental variable strategy based on predicted migration flows. These results may partly explain the rapid development of southern German regions after WWII, as these regions experienced a disproportionate influx of highly skilled expellees.

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Richard Franke

TCD

QBS Conference Hub, Seminar Room 01.012