PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel
TI  - Children of War
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.49.3.634
DP  - 2014 Jul 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 634--662
VI  - 49
IP  - 3
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/3/634.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/49/3/634.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2014 Jul 01; 49
AB  - This paper provides causal evidence on the long-term consequences of large-scale physical destruction on educational attainment, health status, and labor market outcomes of children. I exploit the plausibly exogenous region-by-cohort variation in the intensity of World War Two (WWII) destruction as a unique quasi-experiment. I find that exposure to destruction had long-lasting detrimental effects on the human capital formation, health, and labor market outcomes of Germans who were at school-age during WWII. An important channel for the effect of destruction on educational attainment is the destruction of schools whereas malnutrition is partly behind the estimated impact on health.