Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/324965 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11974
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
This study examines the economic legacy of civilian killings during the Korean War, which disproportionately targeted local elites, educated individuals, and their families. For identification, we exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the spatial distribution of killings driven by unanticipated UN military operations. Evidence suggests that local exposure to civilian killings had a persistently negative impact on contemporary development. As a key mechanism, we find that civilian killings led to a relative decline in structural transformation, potentially due to reduced investments in human capital.
Subjects: 
civilian killings
Korean War
long-run development
structural transformation
JEL: 
D74
O14
N15
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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