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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 … the channel through which the price declines take place is the informal labor market. Syrian refugees supply inexpensive …
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We study the effect of an influx of approximately three million Syrian refugees on voting behavior in Turkey. We use a … presence before and after the beginning of Syrian civil war. To address the endogeneity in refugees' location choices, we adopt …. We document a strong polarization in attitudes towards refugees between the supporters and opponents of the ruling …
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Syrian refugees across Turkish provinces as an exogenous labor market shock. By employing a distance-based instrument, we …
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Turkey hosts the largest population of refugees globally; however, we know little about their labor market outcomes at … sample of Syrian refugees in Turkey for the first time, to examine a rich set of labor market outcomes. We find that the … the national level. We use the 2018 round of the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey, which includes a representative …
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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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labor. In this study, we use a representative dataset on Syrian refugees in Turkey, the largest refugee group in any single … that paid work is positively associated with poverty, proficiency in Turkish, living in an industrialized region in Turkey …, originating from rural areas in Syria and living in a household with a young, female, or less-educated head. Family composition …
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This study examines disparities in health and nutrition among native and Syrian-refugee children in Turkey. With a view … particular, the Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS). The TDHS is one of few data sets providing representative data on … mortality between refugee children born in Turkey and native children. However, refugee infants born in Turkey have lower …
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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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the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country's labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria …, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Jordan and Lebanon are … participation, the number of refugees, and economic activity at the level of governorates. The Vector Autoregressive (VAR …
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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 …-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese nationals in a repeated public good game without and with punishment. We find that …
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