The paper reviews 59 empirical studies that estimated the economic impact of forced
displacement on host communities. A review of the empirical models used by these studies …

Forced displacement as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters does not
only have contemporaneous consequences but also long‐run repercussions. This eclectic …

Forced migration as a consequence of wars, civil conflicts, or natural disasters may have
consequences different from those of voluntary migration. Recent work has highlighted the …

We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of
entrepreneurship and take it as an instrument to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship on …

We argue that a long-run cultural persistence of right-wing ideology can explain the recent
rise of right-wing populism. Shifts in the supply of party platforms can interact with this …

Virtually all theories of economic growth predict a positive relationship between population
size and productivity. In this paper, I study a particular historical episode to provide direct …

In the last decade, the number of forcibly displaced people increased dramatically globally.
In Africa, conflict has been one of the primary sources of forced displacement. Very few …

We explore the long-term political consequences of the Third Reich and show that current
political intolerance, xenophobia, and voting for radical right-wing parties are associated …

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and exploiting the staggered
implementation of a compulsory schooling reform in West Germany, this article finds that an …

Legacies of political violence are long-term changes in social behavior and attitudes, which
are attributable–at least in part–to historical episodes of political conflict and contention …