How Large Are the Effects from Temporary Changes in Family Environment: Evidence from a Child-Evacuation Program During World War II

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Santavirta, Torsten
• 署名单位: Stockholm University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.4.3.28
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 28-42
• 关键词: opportunity; TECHNOLOGY; mobility

摘要

During World War II, some 50,000 Finnish children were evacuated to Sweden and placed in foster families. The evacuation scheme limited sharply the scope for selection into foster care based on background characteristics. A first-come first-served policy was applied where the children were assigned a running number and processed anonymously. Using register and survey data, I examine the extent to which the foster environment affected later life outcomes of the Finnish child evacuees. The results show that nurture, the socioeconomic environment at early stages of life, has important effects on schooling.