Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/251588 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IWH Discussion Papers No. 11/2022
Publisher: 
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH), Halle (Saale)
Abstract: 
We investigate the long-term relationship between conflict-related migration and individual socioeconomic inequality. Looking at the post-conflict environment of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), a former Yugoslav state most heavily impacted by the conflicts of the early 1990s, the paper focuses on differences in educational performance and income between four groups: migrants, internally displaced persons, former external migrants, and those who did not move. The analysis leverages a municipality-representative survey (n≈6,000) that captured self-reported education and income outcomes as well as migration histories. We find that individuals with greater exposure to conflict had systematically worse educational performance and lower earnings two decades after the war. Former external migrants now living in BiH have better educational and economic outcomes than those who did not migrate, but these advantages are smaller for individuals who were forced to move. We recommend that policies intended to address migration-related discrepancies should be targeted on the basis of individual and family experiences caused by conflict.
Subjects: 
conflict
education
forced migration
inequality
JEL: 
D74
F22
K42
Z18
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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