Forced migration and the effects of an integration policy in post-WWII Germany

Oliver Falck; Stephan Heblich; Susanne Link

doi:10.1515/1935-1682.3171

Forced migration and the effects of an integration policy in post-WWII Germany

Oliver Falck^*, Stephan Heblich, Susanne Link

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Abstract

After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans - so called expellees - were forced to leave their homelands and settle within the new borders of West Germany. Subsequently, a law (Federal Expellee Law) was introduced to foster their labor market integration. We evaluate this law by comparing the employment situation between expellees and groups of West Germans and GDR refugees over time. We define our comparison groups to uncover even small effects of the law. Still, we find no evidence that the law met its goal to foster the expellees' labor market integration.

Original language	English
Article number	18
Number of pages	28
Journal	BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy
Volume	12
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/1935-1682.3171
Publication status	Published - May 2012

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Forced migration
Germany
Integration policy
Post-WWII

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