[HTML][HTML] Inclusive refugee-hosting can improve local development and prevent public backlash

YY Zhou, G Grossman, S Ge - World Development, 2023 - Elsevier
Large arrivals of refugees raise concerns about potential tensions with host communities,
particularly if refugees are viewed as an out-group competing for limited material resources …

Refugees and the education of host populations: Evidence from the Syrian inflow to Jordan

R Assaad, T Ginn, M Saleh - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
While labor market impacts of refugees in low-and middle-income countries are commonly
studied, public services like education could also be affected by mass arrivals. This paper …

Exposure to transit migration: Public attitudes and entrepreneurship

N Ajzenman, CG Aksoy, S Guriev - Journal of Development Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
Does exposure to mass migration affect the attitudes and economic behavior of natives in
transit countries? In order to answer this question, we use a unique locality-level panel from …

[PDF][PDF] The case of Syrian refugees in Türkiye: Successes, challenges, and lessons learned

S Tumen - Background paper to the World Development …, 2023 - thedocs.worldbank.org
Tackling with the socioeconomic consequences of forced displacement and addressing the
challenges of integrating refugee populations have been among the most pressing global …

Migration shocks and housing: Short-run impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan

I Alhawarin, R Assaad, A Elsayed - Journal of Housing Economics, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of migration shocks on housing conditions and rental
prices for the local population. The identification comes from the regional variation in the …

[HTML][HTML] The freedom to choose: Theory and quasi-experimental evidence on cash transfer restrictions

J Siu, O Sterck, C Rodgers - Journal of Development Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Should cash transfer programmes restrict consumer choice? For example, should food
assistance delivered in cash be restricted to food and exclude temptation goods …

[图书][B] Inclusive refugee-hosting in Uganda improves local development and prevents public backlash

YY Zhou, S Ge, G Grossman - 2022 - documents.worldbank.org
An unprecedented—and growing—number of people have been displaced from their
homes, for example by conflict or climate insecurity. Roughly one-third (26 million) of the …

Immigration, amnesties, and the shadow economy

E Bracco, L Onnis - Bulletin of Economic Research, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the effects of immigration and immigration amnesties on the shadow
economy. We make use of an array of Italian immigration data and original shadow …

A double crisis: the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Syrian refugee women in Jordan

C Acu - Third World Quarterly, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) and its accompanying measures,
such as lockdowns, business closures and social distancing, on refugee women's working …

The Syrian refugee life study: first glance

S Stillman, SV Rozo, A Tamim, IB Palmer… - Oxford Review of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents descriptive statistics from the first wave of the Syrian Refugee Life Study
(S-RLS), which began in 2020. S-RLS is a longitudinal study that tracks a representative …