This paper analyzes the determinants of the location decisions of Venezuelan migrants and the effect of Venezuelan migrants on the labor market outcomes of Ecuadorian natives. In the first quarter of 2019, when this analysis was undertaken, more than 470,000...
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The labor market effects of Venezuelan migration to Colombia: reconciling conflicting results
This paper examines the short-term effects of Venezuelan migration on wages and employment of native workers in Colombia. Between 2015 and 2019, Colombia received around 1.8 million displaced Venezuelans, increasing the country’s population by almost 4 percent....
The impact of mass migration of Syrians on the Turkish labor market
This paper estimates the effects of the Syrian refugee influx on the labor market outcomes of natives in Turkey. The authors use data from the end of 2015, when there were 2.5 million registered Syrian refugees in Turkey, almost all of whom were working in the...
Jobs, Crime and Votes: A Short-run Evaluation of the Refugee Crisis in Germany
This paper examines the short-term effects of refugee arrivals on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior in Germany. Between 2014 and 2015, more than one million refugees arrived in Germany. The authors exploit exogeneous variations in the number of refugees per...
Do refugees cause crime?
This paper examines the short- and long-term impacts of Syrian refugees on crime rates in Turkey, either because they are directly involved in illegal activities or because they increase the criminality of the native population. At the time this analysis was...
Rohingya Refugee Camps and Forest Loss in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh: An Inquiry Using Remote Sensing and Econometric Approaches
More than 740,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar fled to Bangladesh in late 2017 and were accommodated in large refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar district. This paper evaluates whether the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh have caused changes in forest cover in the...
Short-run impact of the Ukrainian refugee crisis on the housing market in Poland
This paper estimates the impact of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, beginning with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, on rental and housing prices in the Polish cities of Warsaw and Krakow. Poland hosts the majority of refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine,...
Refugees and foreign direct investment: Quasi-experimental evidence from US resettlements
This article examines the causal effect of refugees resettled in the United State (US) on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows from the US to refugees’ countries of origin, and studies the case of Vietnamese ‘boat people’ who arrived in the US in 1975. Specifically,...
Effects of including refugees in local government schools on pupils’ learning achievement: Evidence from West Nile, Uganda
This article examines the impact of including refugee children in government schools on learning achievement of both refugee and native pupils in the West Nile region of Uganda. Between June 2016 and December 2017, the refugee population in Uganda increased from 0.2...
The effect of 3.6 million refugees on crime
This paper estimates the causal effect of inflow Syrian refugees on crime rates in Turkey. By the end of 2020, the number of Syrian refugees in Turkey had reached 3.6 million, almost all of whom live outside of refugee camps in host communities. The authors examine...