This paper examines the effect of Venezuelan displacement on the spread of 15 infectious diseases in Colombia. Official statistics suggest that by the end of 2018, when this analysis was undertaken, 1.26 million Venezuelans had migrated to Colombia with the intent to...
JDC Literature Review
Results for: 2021
The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on native population mortality
This paper examines the effects of Syrian refugees in Turkey on the health care resources and the mortality outcomes of natives, focusing on neonatal, infant, child, and elderly mortality. At the end of 2017, when this analysis was undertaken, Turkey hosted 3.4...
Neighborhood quality and opposition to immigration: Evidence from German refugee shelters
This paper examines whether refugee immigration during 2014-2016 affected the quality of neighborhood amenities and support for anti-immigration political parties in Berlin, Germany. From 2014 to 2016, refugees made more than 70 thousand initial applications for...
Migration shocks and housing: Short-run impact of the Syrian refugee crisis in Jordan
This paper evaluates the impact of inflows of Syrian refugees into Jordan on housing conditions and rental incomes for Jordanian nationals. At the end of 2019, when this paper was written, Jordan hosted 660,000 registered Syrian refugees, 80 percent of whom lived...
Self-harming behaviours of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: A systematic review
This article provides a systematic review of 12 studies published between 2008 and 2018 on self-harming behavior among refugees and asylum-seekers in Europe. Self-harming behavior is defined as the deliberate and self-inflicted damage of body tissue (such as cutting,...
Should I stay or should I go? The decision to flee or stay home during civil war
This paper examines whether different forms of violence affected decisions to flee within the country or abroad during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), differentiating between: (a) indirect violence (such as shelling or shooting), which is less likely to target...
Building Social Cohesion in Ethnically Mixed Schools: An Intervention on Perspective Taking
Research has shown that perspective-taking (a cognitive process of viewing a situation from the perspective of another person) is associated with lower social aggression, higher trust, and social cooperation. It is also related to being able to analyze social...
Does the education level of refugees affect natives’ attitudes?
This paper examines whether attitudes toward refugees in Germany are affected by beliefs about refugees’ educational attainment. The analysis is based on an online survey experiment conducted with more than 4,000 respondents representative of the adult population in...
Conflict, Displacement and Overlapping Vulnerabilities: Understanding Risk Factors for Gender based Violence among Displaced Women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
This paper examines how displacement and conflict-related abuses are associated with intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence towards women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The analysis draws on data from a large survey conducted for the...
The Risk that Travels with You: Links between Forced Displacement, Conflict and Intimate Partner Violence in Colombia and Liberia
This paper investigates the links between conflict, forced displacement and IPV in two different conflict-affected settings: Colombia and Liberia. Both countries are affected by a history of long-running civil conflict, displacement, and high levels of societal...