セミナーシリーズ
アジア経済発展論研究会セミナー（2025.1.7）
Gedeon Lim（Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong）
- 開催日：
- 2025年1月7日（火）15:30-17:00
- 場所：
- 京都大学東南アジア地域研究研究所 稲盛財団記念館 2階 213セミナー室
- 言語：
- 英語
- コーディネーター：
- 高野 久紀
タイトル：
“CIVILIAN KILLINGS AND LONG-RUN DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE KOREAN WAR”
Abstract:
This study examines the economic effects of targeted civilian killings. We exploit plausibly exogenous variation in the spatial distribution of educated elite killings driven by unanticipated UN operations. We find a persistently negative effect on long-run contemporary development. Turning to mechanisms, we find an immediate, short-run decline in school enrollment and increases in blue-collar employment shares. These effects persist into the medium-run where we see higher agricultural employment shares. We rule out selective migration and differential demographic changes. Taken together, exposure to elite killings appear to have had persistently negative impacts on development through a marked decrease in the demand for education.