The Effect of the War on Human Capital in Ukraine and the Path for Rebuilding

Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Marianna Kudlyak and Aysegül Sahin ()
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Aysegül Sahin: Princeton University

No 185, IZA Policy Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The ensuing war has a devastating destructing impact in Ukraine. This article focuses on the humanitarian cost of war. The article develops a framework for the analysis of the effect of a war on country’s human capital. We then identify the following key directions for rebuilding and further developing human capital in Ukraine: quantity and quality of schooling for children, quality of higher education, training and retraining programs for adults, assistance for people with disabilities, post-deployment re-integration into the civilian sector, population growth and fertility, and promotion of self-motivating mechanisms.

Keywords: human capital; growth; schooling; skills of the future; health; war; displacement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I2 J24 O4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2022-06
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