This article investigates the effects of forced migration on sending economies, using the post-World War II expulsion of German minorities from Hungary as a natural experiment.
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Cash transfers and micro-enterprise performance: Theory and quasi-experimental evidence from Kenya
This paper examines the business and price effects of cash-based assistance provided to refugees in Kenya.
Distributional impacts of cash transfers on the multidimensional poverty of refugees: The Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey
This paper analyzes the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) cash program on the multidimensional poverty of refugees in Turkey.
Life Out of the Shadows: The Impacts of Regularization Programs on the Lives of Forced Migrants
This paper investigates the well-being effects of a regularization program in Colombia designed to facilitate the social and economic integration of Venezuelan forced migrants.
The effects of mass migration on the academic performance of native students. Evidence from Chile
This paper examines the effects of mass migration on the academic performance of native Chilean students, focusing on the influx of Venezuelan (Spanish-speaking) and non-Spanish-speaking (mainly Haitian) migrants between 2016 and 2018. Between 2011 and 2018, the migrant population in Chile increased from 1.4 percent to 6.6 percent of the country’s population.
Education and socioeconomic status as predictors of refugee mental health: insights from a study of Jordan-based Syrian refugee sample
This article investigates the mental health of Syrian refugees in Jordan and identifies the sociodemographic factors associated with mental distress. An estimated 1.4 million Syrian refugees live in Jordan.
The Making of a “Lost Generation”: Child Labor among Syrian Refugees in Turkey
This paper examines the factors contributing to child labor among Syrian refugees in Turkey. By the end of 2018, Turkey hosted 3.6 million Syrian refugees, including 1.6 million children under the age of 18, of which 1.1 million were of school age (5–17 years).
School violence, depression symptoms, and school climate: a cross-sectional study of Congolese and Burundian refugee children
This paper examines the factors contributing to school-based violence and depressive symptoms among refugee students in the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp in Tanzania.
The economic lives of refugees
This article systematically compares 12 distinct refugee subpopulations living in seven refugee camps and three capital cities across Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia.
Forced Migration and Violent Crime: Evidence from The Venezuelan Exodus to Brazil
This paper examines the impact of Venezuelan forced migrants on crime in Brazil.