Bengal was divided twice in the 20th century. At the first occasion, both sides were still within British India. Then, on the second occasion, Bengal split the two into different countries, India and Pakistan. We examine the displacements in Bengal after the partition in 1947 with the finest geographical level at thana. The results show that there were significantly negative impacts on population growth on the region which changed their side from East in 1905 to West in 1947. They also experienced an increase in the share of literate population, suggesting the impact of population exchange in different levels of literacy.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
709
発行年
2018-05
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
JEL分類
JEL:F15 - Economic Integration
JEL:N95 - Asia including Middle East
JEL:R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
JEL:R23 - Regional Migration • Regional Labor Markets • Population • Neighborhood Characteristics
地域/国名
South Asia
India
Pakistan
Great Britain
キーワード(LSH)
Displacement
Forced Migration
Partition of Bengal
Migration
Population movement
Displacement in Bengal, revisited
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