The Impact of Forced Migration on Mortality: Evidence From German Pension Insurance Records.
We examine the long-run effects of forced migration for individuals who were displaced from Eastern Europe to Germany in the aftermath of World War II. Evidence suggests that displaced individuals were worse off economically, facing a considerably lower income and a higher unemployment risk than com...
| Published in: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 25 - 48 |
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