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Persecution, Pogroms and Genocide : A Conceptual Framework and New Evidence

Persecution, Pogroms and Genocide : A Conceptual Framework and New Evidence

636/2022 Sascha O. Becker, Sharun Mukand & Ivan Yotzov
working papers, economic history
Explorations in Economic History
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101471

636/2022 Sascha O. Becker, Sharun Mukand & Ivan Yotzov

Persecution, pogroms, and genocide have plagued humanity for centuries, costing millions of lives and haunting survivors. Economists and economic historians have recently made new contributions to the understanding of these phenomena. We provide a novel conceptual framework which highlights the inter-relationship between the intensity of persecution and migration patterns across dozens of historical episodes. Using this framework as a lens, we survey the growing literature on the causes and consequences of persecution, pogroms, and genocide. Finally, we discuss gaps in the literature and take several tentative steps towards explaining the differences in survival rates of European Jews in the 20th century

Economic History

Explorations in Economic History

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2022.101471