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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战争动员是否导致了总量和区域性增长？

美国参加第二次世界大战导致大量动员国内资源来生产用于欧洲和太平洋战场的材料。我们对战后战争动员对美国长期经济增长和区域发展的影响进行了新的估计。在经济地理学模型的指导下，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，最大的可能总体福利影响是适度的，尽管不同地区之间存在差异。此外，工业动员对东北部和中西部制造业增长的贡献相对较大，而南部和西部则较少。