Did war mobilization cause aggregate and regional growth?

IF 2.6 1区历史学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Explorations in Economic History Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI:10.1016/j.eeh.2025.101685

Taylor Jaworski , Dongkyu Yang

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Abstract

The participation of the United States in World War II led to a substantial mobilization of domestic resources to produce the materiel used on the battlefields of Europe and in the Pacific. We produce new estimates for the impact of war mobilization on long-run economic growth and regional development in the United States over the postwar period. Guided by an economic geography model, we interpret our estimates as the direct effect of mobilization on local productivity. The findings suggest the largest likely aggregate welfare impact was modest, although there is variation across region. In addition, industrial mobilization contributed to manufacturing growth relatively more in the Northeast and Midwest, and less in the South and West.

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战争动员是否引起了总体和地区的增长？

美国参加第二次世界大战导致国内资源的大量调动，以生产在欧洲战场和太平洋战场上使用的物资。我们对战后时期战争动员对美国长期经济增长和地区发展的影响进行了新的估计。在经济地理模型的指导下，我们将我们的估计解释为动员对当地生产力的直接影响。研究结果表明，尽管地区之间存在差异，但最大可能的总福利影响是适度的。此外，工业动员对东北和中西部制造业增长的贡献相对较大，而对南部和西部制造业增长的贡献较小。

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2.50

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期刊介绍： Explorations in Economic History provides broad coverage of the application of economic analysis to historical episodes. The journal has a tradition of innovative applications of theory and quantitative techniques, and it explores all aspects of economic change, all historical periods, all geographical locations, and all political and social systems. The journal includes papers by economists, economic historians, demographers, geographers, and sociologists. Explorations in Economic History is the only journal where you will find "Essays in Exploration." This unique department alerts economic historians to the potential in a new area of research, surveying the recent literature and then identifying the most promising issues to pursue.