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Back to the Future : Decomposition Analysis of Distributive Policies Using Behavioural Simulations
Bargain, Olivier - 2010
For policy makers and analysts, it is important to isolate the redistributive impact of tax-benefit policy changes from changes in the environment in which policies operate. When actual reforms are motivated by work incentives, it is also crucial to evaluate behavioural responses and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137246
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The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it … future lower taxes than without higher education. Therefore, the expansion of participation in higher education during the … income redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776006
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The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Market in Neighboring Countries : Empirical Evidence from Jordan
Fakih, Ali - 2016
the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country's labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000084
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Immigration and Prices : Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Balkan, Binnur - 2016
We exploit the regional variation in the unexpected (or forced) inflow of Syrian refugees as a natural experiment to estimate the impact of immigration on consumer prices in Turkey. Using a difference-in- differences strategy and a comprehensive data set on the regional prices of CPI items, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001318
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Cooperation in a Fragmented Society : Experimental Evidence on Syrian Refugees and Natives in Lebanon
Drouvelis, Michalis - 2020
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012843732
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Do Refugees Impact Voting Behavior in the Host Country? Evidence from Syrian Refugee Inflows in Turkey
Altindag, Onur - 2017
We study the effect of an influx of approximately three million Syrian refugees on voting behavior in Turkey. We use a difference-in-differences approach, comparing the political outcomes in geographic areas with high and low intensity of refugee presence before and after the beginning of Syrian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952600
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Tradable Refugee-Admission Quotas (Traqs), the Syrian Crisis and the New European Agenda on Migration
Moraga, Jesús Fernández-Huertas - 2015
The Syrian Civil War gave rise to the largest refugee flight reaching Europe since the Yugoslavian wars in the 1990s. The crisis evidenced the deficiencies of the European Union Asylum Policy, which struggled both to offer solutions to Syrian refugees and to efficiently allocate costs across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013581
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The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey : Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Design
Ceritoglu, Evren - 2015
Civil war in Syria, which started in March 2011, has led to a massive wave of forced immigration from the Northern … Syria to the Southeastern regions of Turkey. This paper exploits this natural experiment to estimate the impact of Syrian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014052
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Female Employment and Intimate Partner Violence : Evidence from Syrian Refugee Inflows to Turkey
Erten, Bilge; Keskin, Pinar - 2021
We investigate the impact of female employment on intimate partner violence by exploiting the differential arrivals of Syrian refugees across Turkish provinces as an exogenous labor market shock. By employing a distance-based instrument, we find that refugee inflows caused a decline in female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249123
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Ethnic Divisions and the Onset of Civil Wars in Syria
abosedra, salah; Fakih, Ali; Haimoun, Nathir - 2021
very important factor in starting both the civil and ethnic conflict in Syria, but it shows that the lack of power …-sharing to be the most significant factor. Therefore, where power in Syria was not inclusive and shared among different … conflicts in Syria. The paper offers detailed policy suggestions that could serve as a recovery mechanism for the Syrian crisis …
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