CInSt Research Seminar "Enemies of the People": Gerhard Toews (New Economic School)
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Gerhard Toews will present his research "Enemies of the People" on CInSt research seminar on February 13th.
Abstract
Enemies of the people were the millions of intellectuals, artists, businessmen, politicians, professors, landowners, scientists, and affluent peasants that were thought a threat to the Soviet regime and were sent to the Gulag, i.e. the system of forced labor camps throughout the Soviet Union. In this paper we look at the long-run consequences of this dark re-location episode. We show that areas around camps with a larger share of enemies among prisoners are more prosperous today, as captured by night lights per capita, firm productivity, wages, and education. Our results point in the direction of a long-run persistence of skills and a resulting positive effect on local economic outcomes via human capital channels.
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Date: February 13th, 2019, 18:10-19:30.
Location: K416, 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Moscow.
Working language: English.
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Date
13 February
18:10
Address
K416, 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Moscow.