This paper examines whether the presence of refugees increases the likelihood of civil conflict in host countries. The analysis exploits global data on geocoded sites of refugee communities (including both formal camps and informal settlements), which are combined...
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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. By the end of 2019, when this paper was written, Jordan hosted 660,000 registered Syrian refugees, of whom 80 percent lived...
Cooperation in a fragmented society: Experimental evidence on Syrian refugees and natives in Lebanon
This paper examines intra- and inter-group cooperation of Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon. While Syrian refugees share similar ethnic, linguistic and cultural backgrounds with Lebanese nationals, there are tensions between the two groups due to...
Segregation of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Evidence from Mobile Phone Data
This paper examines patterns of spatial segregation of Syrian refugees in Turkey, and how patterns of spatial segregation influence internal mobility decisions of refugees and natives as they move to other regions within the country. The analysis is based on...
Refugees’ and irregular migrants’ self-selection into Europe
This paper assesses the self-selection—in terms of education and predicted income—of refugees and irregular migrants from African and Asian countries who arrived in Europe in 2015 or 2016. The authors theorize that the decision to migrate is a function of an...
Revisiting forced migration: A machine learning perspective
Using machine learning techniques, this paper investigates the factors that influence refugee flows and asylum applications from African countries. The author argues that, compared to traditional estimation methods, machine learning techniques are better suited to...
Violence, Displacement, and Support for Internally Displaced Persons: Evidence from Syria
This paper investigates the relationship between violence, altruism, and intergroup behavior during conflict. In particular, the authors examine whether past experiences of violence shape an individual’s willingness to host IDPs in Syria. Specifically, they consider...
Moving with risk: Forced displacement and vulnerability to hazards in Colombia
This paper examines the social and spatial processes through which IDPs in Colombia become exposed to environmental hazards in settlement locations. Environmental hazards encompass threats stemming from the physical environment, such as landslides, floods and fire....
Internal Displacement’s Impacts on Health in Yemen
By the end of 2020, there were more than 3.6 million people internally displaced by conflict in Yemen, in addition to 223,000 people displaced by disasters. This paper discusses the health risks faced by IDPs in Yemen, the effect of climate change on IDPs’ access to...
Knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19, prevalence of pre-existing conditions and access to essential resources in Somali IDP camps: a cross-sectional study
This paper investigates knowledge and perceptions of COVID-19, prevalence of pre-existing conditions, and access to essential resources among residents of IDP camps in Somalia. There are over 3 million IDPs in Somalia living in over 2,100 settlements. The analysis is...