Городской экономический семинар ЕУСПб, ВШЭ СПб и ПОМИ продолжает работу онлайн. 19 ноября в 18.00 в формате Zoom-конференции Герхард Тевс (Gerhard Toews, New Economic School) представит работу «Враги народа» («Enemies of the people»).
Аннотация: Enemies of the people were the millions of intellectuals, artists, businessmen, politicians, professors, landowners, scientists, and affluent peasants that were thought a threat to the Soviet regime and were sent to the Gulag, i.e. the system of forced labor camps throughout the Soviet Union. In this paper, we look at the long-run consequences of this dark re-location episode. We show that areas around camps with a larger share of enemies among prisoners are more prosperous today, as captured by night lights per capita, firm productivity, wages, and education. Our results point in the direction of a long-run persistence of skills and a resulting positive effect on local economic outcomes via human capital channels.
Рабочий язык семинара — английский. Доступ по запросу на почту spb.economic.seminar@gmail.com (в письме укажите, пожалуйста, фамилию, имя и аффилиацию). Количество участников ограничено (100 человек), присоединяйтесь к семинару за 3–5 минут.