Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272667 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16040
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
With 70 million dead, World War II remains the most devastating conflict in history. Of the survivors, millions were displaced, returned maimed from the battlefield, or spent years in captivity. We examine the impact of such wartime experiences on labor market careers and show that they often become apparent only at certain life stages. While war injuries reduced employment in old age, former prisoners of war postponed their retirement. Many displaced workers, particularly women, never returned to employment. These responses are in line with standard life-cycle theory and thus likely extend to other conflicts.
Subjects: 
World War II
labor market careers
war injuries
prisoners of war
displacement
life-cycle models
JEL: 
J24
J26
N34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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