This paper examines the impact of the 2015/16 refugee crisis on residents’ attitudes, policy preferences, and political engagement in Greece. The authors exploit a natural experiment in which: (a) distance to the Turkish coast causes dramatic variation in the number...
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Violence, displacement, contact, and attitudes toward hosting refugees
This article examines whether an individual’s personal exposure to violence, personal experience of being displaced, and recent contact with refugees influence their attitudes towards hosting refugees. The authors draw on a 2017 survey of 2,400 Lebanese residents,...
Americans preferred Syrian refugees who are female, English-speaking, and Christian on the eve of Donald Trump’s election
This paper examines Americans stated preferences for the types of refugees that should be admitted into the United States (US). The analysis focuses on Syrian refugees, since Syrians account for a large proportion of registered refugees globally, and include both...
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...
German public opinion on admitting refugees
This paper discusses German public attitudes to admitting refugees. The paper presents descriptive statistics from the Barometer of Public Opinion on Refugees in Germany, which is a representative survey of around 2,000 German residents in March 2016. Main findings:...
How economic, humanitarian, and religious concerns shape European attitudes toward asylum seekers
This article examines the impact of different asylum seeker attributes on public support for granting asylum in Europe. The analysis is based on an online survey of 18,000 eligible voters in 15 European countries. The respondents were asked to evaluate different...
The double burden of female protracted displacement: Survey evidence on gendered livelihoods in El Fasher, Darfur
This paper examines the effect of gender and forced displacement on livelihood outcomes in El Fasher, the capital of the North Darfur region in Sudan. There are approximately 160,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the Abu Shouk and El Salam camps (IOM,...
Supporting rebels and hosting refugees: Explaining the variation in refugee flows in civil conflicts
This paper examines whether a host country’s support for rebel groups affects the number of refugees that it hosts. The author argues that hosting refugees can be the continuation of a country’s support to rebel groups. The author analyzes refugee flows from countries...
Self-reliance and Social Networks: Explaining Refugees’ Reluctance to Relocate from Kakuma to Kalobeyei
The authors investigate the reasons why refugees have been consistently reluctant to relocate from the Kakuma refugee camp in north-east Kenya to the newer Kalobeyei refugee settlement, 3.5 km away. This reluctance is confounding since Kalobeyei offers a range of...
The labor market reintegration of returned refugees in Afghanistan
This paper investigates the labor market outcomes of returned refugees in Afghanistan. The authors examine the factors influencing the labor market outcomes of returned refugees compared to non-migrants, and in particular, whether the returnees’ migration and return...