Grant for research about economic consequences of the forced migration
Luka Miladinović, post doctor in Economic History at the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, has received the Arthur H. Cole grant of the Economic History Association, which aids research in economic history. The funds are dedicated to research project he is a part of, that examines economic consequences of the forced migration.
The purpose of this project is to quantitatively assess the macro and micro-economic consequences of the lesser-known forced migration of about 250,000 people from the former Italian northeastern provinces of Istria, Fiume, and Zara, which became part of Yugoslavia in the aftermath of Second World War. The research on the project is conducted by a team whose members are Anna Missiaia, Senior Lecturer at University of Gothenburg, Luka Miladinović, Post doctor at the University of Gothenburg, and Tancredi Buscemi, Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Siena.
The project analyses how local economies reacted to the abrupt mass migration and how migrants performed (e.g., in terms of occupational status, earnings, employment rate) following their displacement. Specifically, the analysis of the Italian exodus from Yugoslavia provides an opportunity to:
- Identify the impact of the forced migration on the local economies of the sending locations,
- Identify the impact of the inflow of migrants on the economies of the main receiving locations, and
- Estimate the level of occupational mobility of the migrants after the displacement.
The Cole grant of 4 000 USD will in part be dedicated to fund archival research in Italy, data collection, and digitalization.
More information about the Arthur H. Cole grant of the Economic History Association: https://eh.net/eha/grants-and-fellowships/