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The Effect of Conflict on Refugees' Return and Integration: Evidence from Ukraine

Adema, Joop; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Giesing, Yvonne; … - 2024

What is the causal effect of conflict on refugees' return and integration? To answer this question, we launched a panel survey of Ukrainian refugees across Europe in June 2022 and combined it with geocoded conflict data. Most refugees plan to return, and initial return intentions strongly...

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The Effect of Conflict on Ukrainian Refugees' Return and Integration

Adema, Joop; Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Giesing, Yvonne; … - 2023

During 2022, about eight million Ukrainians were displaced from Ukraine due to the Russian invasion. Whether these individuals will return holds great significance for Ukraine's reconstruction and is pivotal in shaping integration strategies in host countries. We used Facebook ads to recruit a...

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Firms Left Behind: Emigration and Firm Productivity

Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2017

This paper establishes a causal link between the emigration of skilled workers and firm performance in source countries. Using firm-level panel data from ten Eastern European countries, we show that the emigration of skilled workers lowers firm total factor productivity. We exploit time,...

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Knowledge Remittances: Does Emigration Foster Innovation?

Fackler, Thomas; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous … driven by knowledge flows that are triggered by emigrants. While skilled migrants are not inventing in their home country … anymore, they contribute to cross-border knowledge and technology diffusion and thus help less advanced countries to catch up …

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