Post-War Germany

This paper studies how regional labor markets adjusted to the arrival of eight million German expellees in West Germany after World War II using a dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to historical data.

This paper shows that the inflow of eight million displaced Germans to West Germany after WWII had lasting effects within but not between local labor markets, highlighting how spatial units shape estimates of population shock persistence.

This paper studies how settlement locations affected the economic, social, and political integration of the eight million forced migrants who arrived in West Germany after WWII.

This paper shows that post-WWII expellee inflows accelerated the shift from agriculture to higher-productivity sectors, but lowered productivity within sectors.

This paper shows that post-WWII expellee inflows reduced native employment, but only in labor market segments with very high inflow rates.

This paper analyses the economic integration of German expellees and their offspring in West Germany following one of the largest forced population movements in history.