Mevlude Akbulut?Yuksel
Children of War: The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children
IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
paper provides causal evidence longterm consequences largescale physical destruction educational attainment health status labor market outcomes children exploit plausibly exogenous regionbycohort variation intensity world war two wwii destruction unique quasiexperiment find exposure destruction longlasting detrimental effects human capital formation health labor market outcomes germans schoolage wwii important channel effect destruction educational attainment destruction schools whereas malnutrition partly behind estimated impact health