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Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks
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dc.contributor.author | Braun, Sebastian Till | |
dc.contributor.author | Kramer, Anica | |
dc.contributor.author | Kvasnicka, Michael | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-04T13:30:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-04T13:30:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-09-30 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Braun , S T , Kramer , A & Kvasnicka , M 2017 ' Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks ' School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper , no. 1715 , University of St Andrews , St Andrews . | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0962-4031 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 251245976 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: cded7f8d-2b8f-46bf-a25e-0508bd845abe | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11798 | |
dc.description | The research in this paper was funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grant no. BR 4979/1-1, “Die volkswirtschaftlichen Effekte der Vertriebenen und ihre Integration in Westdeutschland, 1945-70”). | en |
dc.description.abstract | This paper studies the persistence of a large, unexpected, and regionally very unevenly distributed population shock, the inflow of eight million ethnic Germans from Eastern Europe to West Germany after World War II. Using detailed census data from 1939 to 1970, we show that the shock had a persistent effect on the distribution of population within local labor markets, but only a temporary effect on the distribution between labor markets. These results suggest that locational fundamentals determine population patterns across but not within local labor markets, and they can help to explain why previous studies on the persistence of population shocks reached such different conclusions. | |
dc.format.extent | 27 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | University of St Andrews | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper | en |
dc.rights | Copyright (c)2017, the authors | en |
dc.subject | Population shock | en |
dc.subject | Locational fundamentals | en |
dc.subject | Agglomeration economies | en |
dc.subject | Regional migration | en |
dc.subject | Post-war Germany | en |
dc.subject | HC Economic History and Conditions | en |
dc.subject | HD Industries. Land use. Labor | en |
dc.subject | SDG 15 - Life on Land | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HC | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD | en |
dc.title | Local labor markets and the persistence of population shocks | en |
dc.type | Working or discussion paper | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Economics and Finance | en |
dc.identifier.url | https://ideas.repec.org/p/san/wpecon/1715.html | en |
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