This paper examines the impact of cash assistance provided to Afghan refugees returning from Pakistan on household outcomes post-return. Specifically, the authors examine whether Afghan refugees who returned between July 2016 and March 2017 and received a larger...
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Education Interrupted: Enrollment, Attainment, and Dropout of Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Syrian refugees experienced disruptions in their education in Syria due to the conflict, and in Jordan they have encountered impediments to enrolling and remaining in school. This paper examines educational outcomes for Syrian refugees in Jordan, and assesses how...
Forced Migration and Human Capital: Evidence from Post-WWII Population Transfers
This paper examines the long-run effects of forced migration on investment in education, by studying the population transfers of millions of Poles in the aftermath of WWII when Polish frontiers were moved westward. The former Eastern Polish territories (Kresy) became...
The Impact of Low-skill Refugees on Youth Education
This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on high school enrollment rates of Turkish youth. Syrian refugees in Turkey are, on average, less skilled and more willing to work in low-pay informal jobs than natives. There are two main channels through which...
Impact of Syrian Refugees in Jordan on Education Outcomes for Jordanian Youth
This paper examines the impact of the Syrian refugee influx on educational outcomes for Jordanians, including school entry, progression through basic schooling, advancement to, and progression through, secondary schooling, and entry into higher education. The authors...
The Effect of Immigrant Concentration at School on Natives’ Achievement: Does Length of Stay in the Host Country Matter?
This paper examines the effects of immigrant concentration in the classroom on the academic achievement of natives in the Netherlands. Recognizing that the effect of immigrant concentration in the classroom likely depends on the duration of stay of immigrant students...
Team Bios
Team Bios© UNHCR/Antwan ChnkdjiAissatou Maisha Dicko - Head Aisha has over 15 years of operational experience with the World Bank in international development across the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America. In her different roles she...
Supporting evidence-driven responses to COVID-19
Authored by Domenico Tabasso The challenges of gathering data about displaced people and host communities are further complicated in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the need to assess the impact of the pandemic is also driving innovations in...
JDC Third Newsletter, 2020
JDC work program supports better data and evidence to fight COVID-19 Dear Colleagues, The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the central role of data in helping governments develop a strategy to tackle the health, social and economic consequences of this global phenomenon....
JDC Fifth Newsletter, 2020
Jobs for the forcibly displaced - evidence and data. Dear Colleagues, This month’s Literature Review Update focuses on jobs and livelihoods for those forcibly displaced. Some 15 recent articles are summarized on the evidence for various innovations and...