Partition, Migration, and Jute Cultivation in India
研究印度分治后难民对接收地经济的积极作用，发现移民完全解释了分治后黄麻种植的增长，且未压低本地工资或产量。
Abstract We show that refugees can play positive roles in receiving economies by looking at the partition of India. We use an instrumental variables strategy to show that migrants played a major part in India's take-up of jute cultivation. Our estimates suggest that migrants fully explain post-partition jute cultivation. Consistent with migrants bringing jute-specific skills with them, we find that migrants did not depress jute yields, did not increase the cultivation of other crops, and did not lower native wages. Our results are robust to migrant selection into districts with the best markets for jute.