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conflict exposure (ACE) among Turkish conscripts. Our empirical framework identifies the causal impact and isolates the … evidence that ACE fosters parochialism, measured by increased opposition to peaceful means of conflict resolution, animosity …
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Lebanon is the country with the highest density of refugees in the world, raising the question of whether the host and refugee populations can cooperate harmoniously. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment in Lebanon studying intra- and inter-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese...
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Iraq, we find that increases in conflict-related casualties are associated with a decline in breastfeeding incidence, with …This study explores the relationship between armed conflict and breastfeeding practices of Iraqi mothers. Using a … unique pairing of the Iraq Body Count database, in conjunction with the 2006 and 2011 Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys for …
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Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey. This paper exploits this natural experiment to estimate the impact of Syrian …Civil war in Syria, which started in March 2011, has led to a massive wave of forced immigration from the Northern … refugees on the labor market outcomes of natives in Turkey. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that …
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estimate the impact of immigration on consumer prices in Turkey. Using a difference-in- differences strategy and a …
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affected the market for housing rentals in Turkey. The unexpected arrival of a large number of refugees due to civil conflict … in Syria is used to construct a quasi-experimental design. Since the construction of new housing units takes a long time … refugees - potentially due to refugee-native conflict along several dimensions - may be generating this result. …
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We estimate the effects of the arrival of 2.5 million Syrian migrants in Turkey by the end of 2015 on the labor market …
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The civil war in Syria has culminated into major refugee crises in its neighboring countries. By the end of 2013 more … than half a million people were seeking shelter in cities and refugee camps in Turkey. We analyze how the Syrian refugee … influx in Turkey has affected food and housing prices, employment rates and internal migration patterns in regions of Turkey …
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Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally; however, we know little about their labor market outcomes at … the national level. We use the 2018 round of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, which includes a representative … sample of Syrian refugees in Turkey for the first time, to examine a rich set of labor market outcomes. We find that the …
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Turkey hosts the highest number of refugees in the world. The arrival of Syrian refugees has significantly changed the … relative abundance of different skill groups in Turkey and the labor market conditions. This paper examines how this massive …
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