This paper investigates the impact of large-scale forced migration on educational attainment, specifically focusing on individuals who were of school-going age during the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan. Within four years of the partition, an estimated 14.5 million people were forcibly displaced across the newly created borders
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Risk factors associated with Rohingya refugee girls’ education in Bangladesh: A multilevel analysis of survey data
This paper investigates the factors associated with Rohingya girls’ likelihood of attending temporary learning centers (LCs) in refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar hosts nearly one million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.
Predictors of Literacy and Attitudes Toward Reading Among Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan
This paper examines the factors associated with literacy and attitudes toward reading among Syrian refugee children in Jordan.
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.
Reducing Prejudice toward Refugees: Evidence That Social Networks Influence Attitude Change in Uganda
This paper details the results of a field experiment to assess the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at shifting the attitudes of host populations towards South Sudanese refugees in four villages in the West Nile region of Uganda.
South African attitudes towards refugee settlement: Examining the importance of threat perceptions
This paper investigates policy preferences and attitudes to refugees in South Africa. South Africa hosted more than 240,000 refugees and asylum seekers in mid-2022. The vast majority (84 per cent) originated from other African countries, mainly Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia.
The Legacies of Armed Conflict: Insights From Stayees and Returning Forced Migrants
This paper investigates differences in indicators of trust, reconciliation, and community engagement between individuals who stayed in their communities during conflict (stayees) and those who were IDPs or refugees and returned home (returnees).
Social Cohesion, Economic Security, and Forced displacement in the Long-run: Evidence From Rural Colombia
This paper investigates the long-term impacts of displacement on the welfare, risk attitudes, social cohesion, and trust in state institutions among internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Colombia.
Forced displacement, social cohesion, and the state: Evidence from eight new studies
This article synthesizes new evidence on the relationship between forced displacement and social cohesion.