Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
研究了二战后波兰强制迁移对后代教育投资的长期影响，发现迁移家庭的后代受教育程度显著更高，原因在于偏好从物质财富转向人力资本投资。
We study the long-run effects of forced migration on investment in education. After World War II, millions of Poles were forcibly uprooted from the Kresy territories of eastern Poland and resettled (primarily) in the newly acquired Western Territories, from which the Germans were expelled. We combine historical censuses with newly collected survey data to show that, while there were no pre-WWII differences in educational attainment, Poles with a family history of forced migration are significantly more educated today than other Poles. These results are driven by a shift in preferences away from material possessions toward investment in human capital.