The Soviet Union sent millions of its educated elites to gulags across the USSR because they were considered a threat to the regime. Areas near camps that held a greater share of these elites are today far more prosperous, showing how human capital affects long-term economic growth.
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Enemies of the People
(January 2025) - The Soviet regime forcedly sent millions of <em>enemies of the people</em>, i.e. the educated elite considered a threat to the regime, to Gulag camps across the USSR. We use this large-scale episode of terror as a natural experiment to provide…
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Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability - Reskilling subsidies for workers that enroll in Bachelor's programs after work accidents pay for themselves 4x 💼📚. This can inform policies for helping displaced workers from mass layoffs due to automation or globalization. 🌍🤖
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#HumanCapital #Reskilling #WorkforceDevelopment #EconomicPolicy #EmployeeSupport
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Changing Tracks: Human Capital Investment after Loss of Ability
(May 2025) - We provide the first evidence on how workers invest in human capital after losing ability. Using quasi-random work accidents in Danish administrative data, we find that workers enroll in bachelor's programs after physical injuries, pursuing degrees…
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High-skill migration from Asia to the United States since 1990 to work in the tech sector has substantially boosted US innovation. It has also facilitated a "brain gain" in the sending countries, leading to net increases in human capital.
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From Asia, with Skills
(Winter 2026) - This paper examines the rise of high-skill migration from Asia to the United States since 1990 and its consequences for sending and receiving economies. Over 1990–2019, migrants from India, China, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines accounted…
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