- A-Z
- Jena Economic Resea...
- Volume 12
- Migration restricti...
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 8. Januar 2018
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2018-002
- Schlagwort(e)
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long-term regional development
Migration barrier
population shock
refugee migration
- Zusammenfsg.
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Migration restrictions are a hotly debated topic in the current refugee crisis in Europe. This paper investigates the long-term effect of a restrictive migration policy on regional development. The analysis is based on the large-scale expulsion of Germans from Central and Eastern Europe after World War II (WWII). Expellees were not allowed to reset tle in the French occupation zone in the first years after the War while there was no such legislation in the other occupation zones (U.S.; U.K; Soviet Union). The temporary migration barrier had long-lasting consequences. In a nutshell, results of a Difference-in-Difference (DiD) analysis show that growth of population has been significantly lower in the long run, if a region was part of the French occupation zone. Even 60 years after the removal of the barrier the degree of agglomeration is still significantly lower in these areas. The paper discusses implications for the current refugee crisis.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- J11 - Demographic Trends and Forecasts ; J61 - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers ; N34 - Economic History: Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Income and Wealth: Europe: 1913- ; R11 - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, and Changes ; R23 - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population