Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265706 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15485
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Persecution, pogroms, and genocide have plagued humanity for centuries, costing millions of lives and haunting survivors. Economists and economic historians have recently made new contributions to the understanding of these phenomena. We provide a novel conceptual framework which highlights the inter-relationship between the intensity of persecution and migration patterns across dozens of historical episodes. Using this framework as a lens, we survey the growing literature on the causes and consequences of persecution, pogroms, and genocide. Finally, we discuss gaps in the literature and take several tentative steps towards explaining the differences in survival rates of European Jews in the 20th century.
Subjects: 
immigration restrictions
migration
persecution
genocide
exit or voice
JEL: 
D74
F22
F51
N4
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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