This paper examines whether food security mediates the relationship between receipt of humanitarian cash transfers and subjective wellbeing among Syrian refugee youth in Jordan.
JDC Literature Review
Results for: Profiles of Displaced Populations
Using Poverty Lines to Measure Refugee Self-Reliance
This paper proposes a novel approach to measuring refugee self-reliance, grounded in global poverty measurement, that focuses on self-earned income. The measure captures the ability to meet physiological and basic material needs independently of aid.
Responsibility Sharing and the Economic Participation of Refugees in Chad
This paper estimates the potential savings in humanitarian aid if Sudanese refugees in Chad are able to realize their economic potential.
The Costs Come before the Benefits: Why Donors Should Invest More in Refugee Autonomy in Uganda
This paper examines the self-reliance of refugees in Uganda and estimates the savings in assistance resulting from their economic inclusion.
Self-reliance and Social Networks: Explaining Refugees’ Reluctance to Relocate from Kakuma to Kalobeyei
This paper investigates why refugees are reluctant to move from the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya to the new Kalobeyei settlement.
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.
Climate Change, Inequality, and Human Migration
This paper examines the long-term implications of climate change for migration and inequality. The authors investigate: (i) the scale of climate migration; (ii) the characteristics of climate migrants including their age and educational attainment; (iii) their origins and destinations, including local displacements, migration within their country of origin, or international migration; and (iv) the socio-economic implications of climate migration.
Social integration of Syrian refugees and their intention to stay in Germany
This paper analyzes the determinants of social and economic integration of Syrian refugees and the impact of social and integration on refugees’ decision to remain in Germany. Germany hosted almost 600,000 Syrian refugees between 2014 and 2016.
Understanding the Socioeconomic Conditions of Refugees in Kalobeyei, Kenya: Results from the 2018 Kalobeyei Socioeconomic Profiling Survey
Kenya hosts more than 470,000 refugees, 40 percent of whom live in the Kakuma camps and Kalobeyei Settlement in Turkana County, one of the poorest counties in the country. The Kalobeyei Settlement was established in 2015 to accommodate the growing population...
Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: A Spatial Study
Lebanon hosts the second largest population of Syrian refugees and has the highest per capita population of Syrian refugees in the world. This paper examines the spatial distribution of Syrian refugees across districts in Lebanon and investigates the factors that...