BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//QUT Events//NewsManager 1.0//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T153839Z DTSTART:20210408T000000 DTEND:20210408T230000 SUMMARY:School of Economics and Finance Seminar Series with Professor Sascha Becker\, Monash University LOCATION:Gardens Point Campus\, Z Block\, Level 8 & Zoom\, GP-Z808 DESCRIPTION:The School of Economics and Finance invites you to attend a seminar\, in person or on Zoom\, where Professor Sascha Becker from Monash University will present on "Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany". X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

School of Economics and Finance Seminar Series with Professor Sascha Becker\, Monash University

The School of Economics and Finance invites you to attend a seminar\, in person or on Zoom\, where Professor Sascha Becker from Monash University will present on "\;Persecution and Escape: Professional Networks and High-Skilled Emigration from Nazi Germany"\;.

Abstract:

We study the role of professional networks in facilitating the escape of persecuted academics from Nazi Germany. From 1933\, the Nazi regime started to dismiss academics of Jewish origin from their positions. The timing of dismissals created individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of emigration from Nazi Germany\, allowing us to estimate the causal effect of networks for emigration decisions. Academics with ties to more colleagues who had emigrated in 1933 or 1934 (early é\;migré\;s) were more likely to emigrate. The early é\;migré\;s functioned as &ldquo\;bridging nodes&rdquo\; that helped other academics cross over to their destination. Furthermore\, we provide some of the first empirical evidence of decay in social ties over time. The strength of ties also decays across space\, even within cities. Finally\, for high-skilled migrants\, professional networks are more important than community networks.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

For more information please see Professor Sascha Becker'\;s website.

Zoom Meeting ID: 810 8994 9444

Password: 391599

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