Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the
Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration

J 2019

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration

GUZI, Martin, Štěpán MIKULA and Peter HUBER

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Original name

Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration

Authors

GUZI, Martin (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Štěpán MIKULA (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Peter HUBER (40 Austria)

Edition

IZA Discussion papers, Bonn, Institute of Labor Economics, 2019, 2365-9793

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14560/19:00107615

Organization unit

Faculty of Economics and Administration

Keywords in English

migration; social capital; Sudetenland

Abstract

V originále

We analyze the long-term impact of the resettlement of the Sudetenland after World War II on residential migration. This event involved expulsion of ethnic Germans and almost complete depopulation of an area of a country and its rapid resettlement by 2 million Czech inhabitants. Results based on nearest neighbor matching and regression discontinuity design show a higher population churn in resettled areas that continues today. The populations in resettled areas and in the remainder of the country share similar values and do not differ statistically in terms of their propensity to give donations, attend social events, and participate in voluntary work. However, we observe that resettled settlements have fewer local club memberships, lower turnout in municipal elections, and less frequently organized social events. This finding indicates substantially lower local social capital in the resettled settlements that is likely to have caused higher residential migration. This explanation is consistent with theoretical models of the impact of social capital on migration decisions.

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GA18-16111S, research and development project

Name: Rezidenční mobilita, sociální kapitál a důvěra: doklady z přirozeného experimentu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

GUZI, Martin, Štěpán MIKULA and Peter HUBER. Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration. IZA Discussion papers. Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics, 2019, Neuveden, No 12536, p. nestránkováno, 81 pp. ISSN 2365-9793.

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GUZI, Martin, Štěpán MIKULA and Peter HUBER. Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: The Long-Term Impact of the Resettlement of the Sudetenland on Residential Migration. \textit{IZA Discussion papers}. Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics, 2019, Neuveden, No~12536, p.~nestránkováno, 81 pp. ISSN~2365-9793.

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