Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/113976 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9101
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper examines the role of human capital persistence in explaining long-term development. We exploit variation induced by a state-sponsored settlement policy that attracted a pool of immigrants with higher levels of schooling to particular regions of Brazil in the late 19th and early 20th century. We show that municipalities that received settlements experienced increases in schooling that persisted over time. One century after the policy, localities that received state-sponsored settlements had higher levels of schooling and income per capita. We provide evidence that long-run effects were driven by persistently higher supply and use of educational inputs and shifts in the structure of occupations towards skill-intensive sectors.
Subjects: 
human capital
education
immigration
development
JEL: 
O15
O18
N36
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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