Social Structure and Development
A Legacy of the Holocaust in Russia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23386643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daron Acemoglu (0000-0003-0908-7491, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Tarek A Hassan (0000-0001-9427-363X, Booth University College), J A Robinson (0000-0002-8028-0393, Oxford University Press (United Kingdom)) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 126 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 895-946 |
| Publication date | 2011-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Quarterly Journal of Economics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-5533 • E-ISSN: 1531-4650 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/qje/qjr018 |
| OpenAlex | W2103086183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 32 |
We document a statistical association between the severity of the persecution, displacement and mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during World War II and long-run economic and political outcomes within Russia. Cities that experienced the Holocaust most intensely have grown less, and both cities and administrative districts (oblasts) where the Holocaust had the largest impact have worse economic and political outcomes since the collapse of the Soviet Union. We provide evidence that the lasting impact of the Holocaust may be attributable to a permanent change it induced in the social structure across different regions of Russia.
Development economics · Economic history · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · European union · Geography · Holocaust survivors · Nazism · Persecution · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Soviet union · The Holocaust · World War II · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 69 |
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| Citations per year | 4,93 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2026 (15) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 67 |