Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Social Cohesion and Public Goods
- Part III State Building in the Wake of Displacement
- Part IV Long-Run Economic Consequences of Uprooting
- 7 Economic Implications of Diversity in Poland
- 8 Economic Implications of Diversity in West Germany
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix A Additional Maps, Figures, and Tables
- Appendix B Sources for Archival and Statistical Data
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
8 - Economic Implications of Diversity in West Germany
from Part IV - Long-Run Economic Consequences of Uprooting
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Social Cohesion and Public Goods
- Part III State Building in the Wake of Displacement
- Part IV Long-Run Economic Consequences of Uprooting
- 7 Economic Implications of Diversity in Poland
- 8 Economic Implications of Diversity in West Germany
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendix A Additional Maps, Figures, and Tables
- Appendix B Sources for Archival and Statistical Data
- References
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Summary
The chapter examines the relationship between the size and diversity of the expellee population and entrepreneurship and occupational change in West Germany. Using statistical data at the municipal and county levels, it documents a reversal of fortune: although expellee presence presented economic challenges in the immediate postwar period, in the long run, it increased entrepreneurship rates, education, and household incomes. The more regionally diverse the expellee population, the better the long-run economic performance in receiving communities.
Keywords
expelleescultural diversityentrepreneurshipincomehuman capitalself-employmentskill complementarityinnovationknowledge economyproperty lossstate subsidiesBavariaexpellee firmssocial market economyeconomic miraclecurrency reformunemployment ratesSudeten Germanshandicraftsoccupational changeagricultural employmentsortinglabor supplyWest Germany
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- UprootedHow post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe, pp. 200 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024