Immigration and structural change: Evidence from post-war Germany

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Consequences of forced migration: A survey of recent findings

“…Such agglomeration economies are also found by Braun and Kvasnicka (2014) and by Peters (2017) in the post-war West-German context. Braun and Kvasnicka (2014) show evidence that the influx of expellees from Germany's former East accelerate the speed of transition away from low-productivity agriculture. Peters (2017) finds a positive relation between refugee inflows and per capita incomes, manufacturing employment, and increased plant entries from 1933 to 1970.…”

Forced Displacement and Agriculture: Implications for Host Communities

“…It is noteworthy that many IDPs, especially those displaced by conflict, prefer not to return home due to safety and security concerns, damage to their original homes and communities, lack of essential services and opportunities in their home communities, their limited wealth status, and better economic opportunities in destination communities [25].…”

“…Note also that the causes of forced displacement could also impact negatively on domestic trade of agricultural inputs [9,17] and on agriculture [25].…”

Does Education Affect Attitudes towards Immigration?

“…Federal state fixed effects control for time-invariant differences in concerns about immigration between the states. They also capture the differential impact of the war (for instance, destroyed housing stock (Braun and Kvasnicka, 2014)) and time-invariant educational differences between states. Cohort fixed effects capture nationwide secular changes in educational attainment over birth years.…”