Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2021
We study the role of professional networks in facilitating the escape of persecuted academics from Nazi Germany. From … networks for emigration decisions. Academics with ties to more colleagues who had emigrated in 1933 or 1934 (early émigrés … strength of ties also decays across space, even within cities. Finally, for high-skilled migrants, professional networks are …