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Market Size and Spatial Growth—Evidence From Germany’s Post-war Population Expulsions: A Comment

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  • Antonio Ciccone
  • Jan Nimczik

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The scale effects that have become an integral part of growth theory imply that productivity should be increasing in population size. We use newly digitized data to estimate the relation between GDP per worker and refugee settlements in West Germany following the arrival of 8 million WWII refugees—more than 15% of the West German population in 1949. Our approach builds on the county-level analysis of the relation between GDP per capita growth and refugee settlements in Peters (2022). As we find that his estimates do not reflect the effect on GDP per capita, we also provide corrected per-capita estimates.

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  • Antonio Ciccone & Jan Nimczik, 2024. "Market Size and Spatial Growth—Evidence From Germany’s Post-war Population Expulsions: A Comment," CRC TR 224 Discussion Paper Series crctr224_2024_579, University of Bonn and University of Mannheim, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:crctr224_2024_579
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    Keywords

    Economic growth; scale effects; productivity; population shocks; immigration;
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    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • O4 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity

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