Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/265919 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9884
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
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: 
genocide
persecution
migration
immigration restrictions
exit or voice
JEL: 
D74
F22
F51
N40
O15
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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