This paper tests whether a perspective-taking exercise can increase the likelihood that American citizens adopt more inclusionary behavior toward Syrian refugees in the United States. The analysis draws on the findings of a nationally representative survey of 5,400...
JDC Literature Review
Results for: 2018
From welcome culture to welcome limits? Uncovering preference changes over time for sheltering refugees in Germany
This paper explores the acceptance of refugee and migrant homes in citizens’ neighborhoods in Germany and how attitudes change over time. The analysis is based on responses to a ‘stated choice experiment’, where respondents were asked to consider different attributes...
Focused psychosocial interventions for children in low-resource humanitarian settings: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis
Randomized studies on the effectiveness of focused psychosocial support interventions for children exposed to traumatic events in humanitarian settings in low-income countries have generated conflicting results. Evaluations of school-based interventions have found...
The impact of refugee experiences on education: evidence from Burundi
The 1993-2005 civil war in Burundi led to the displacement of an estimated 700,000 refugees, most of whom settled in refugee camps in northwestern Tanzania. The majority of the refugees returned to Burundi after the war. This paper examines differences in educational...
Dynamic Refugee Matching
Asylum seekers are often assigned to a locality in their host country based on uninformed random mechanisms, which do not consider the characteristics of the asylum seekers in the matching process. Consequently, this approach may lead to an inefficient and unfair...
Improving Refugee Integration through Data-driven Algorithmic Assignment
When refugees are resettled in third countries, resettlement countries do not fully leverage the factors that promote refugee integration such as: (1) geographical context (e.g. economic and social opportunities available in resettlement locations); (b) personal...
The Return to Big City Experience: Evidence from Danish Refugees
The authors exploit the random settlement policy for refugees in Denmark between 1986-1998 to examine the effect of locations on refugees’ wages. During this period, the Danish government assigned 80,000 refugees across 271 municipalities, in proportion to local...
Big Data, Big Promises: Revisiting Migration Statistics in Context of the Datafication of Everything
The authors argue that we are witnessing the “datafication” of mobility and migration management across the world, driven by the digitization of data that can be searched, exchanged, linked, and analyzed with unprecedented scope and efficiency. Big Data is promoted as...
Big Data Solutions in Forced Migration: Innovations in Analytics to Promote Humane, Sustainable Responses to Forced Migration
This report highlights the potential for big data analytics to inform responses to forced migration, by supplying accurate real-time data on forced migration flows and the needs of displaced people. Big data also offer the potential to understand the causes of forced...
Promoting Labour Market Integration of Refugees with Trade Preferences: Beyond the EU-Jordan Compact
A new approach to refugee protection is gaining ground, which advocates for a shift from humanitarian assistance in camps towards a developmental model that encourages economic self-reliance and integration of refugees in countries of first asylum. This approach is...