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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3181| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers |
| Peer Review Status: | Unrefereed |
| Title: | The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations? |
| Author(s): | Falck, Oliver Heblich, Stephan Link, Susanne |
| Contact Email: | stephan.heblich@stir.ac.uk |
| Citation: | Falck O, Heblich S & Link S (2011) The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?. Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2011-14. |
| Keywords: | Forced Migration Integration policy Difference-in-Differences Germany Forced Migration Germany Refugees Humanitarian assistance |
| JEL Code(s): | N30: Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy: General, International, or Comparative J61: Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers D04: Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation |
| Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2011 |
| Date Deposited: | 12-Jul-2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | Stirling Economics Discussion Paper, 2011-14 |
| Abstract: | Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within the new borders of West Germany. Subsequently, a law was introduced to foster their labor market integration. We evaluate the success of this law using unique retrospective individual-level panel data. We find that the law improved expellees’ overall situation but failed to restore their pre-war occupation status. This holds implications for the design of integration policies today. |
| Type: | Working Paper |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3181 |
| Affiliation: | Ifo Institute for Economic Research, Germany Economics Munich Graduate School of Economics |
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