Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/266006 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 9971
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We study the labour market impact of a major shock of return migration, following the end of the Portuguese Colonial War in 1974. The retornados influx is unique because of its size (half a million people in a country of nine million), and similarity with the native population (almost 80% of the repatriates were Portuguese-born). Relying on rich census data from 1960 and 1981, with individual information on all repatriates, we document a sizeable 15% decrease for native males, and 62% for native females in dependent employment. Men move to self-employment, while women move to inactivity. The bulk of the effects is driven by Portuguese-born repatriates. We propose novel shift-share IVs, based on the repatriates' municipality of birth, and the municipal hotel capacity, exploiting a large-scale resettlement program, and discuss possible mechanisms.
Subjects: 
return migration
labour market
labour supply
entrepreneurship
instrumental variable
JEL: 
F22
J20
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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