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The impact of forced displacement on host communities : a review of the empirical literature in economics

Verme, Paolo; Schuettler, Kirsten - 2019

The paper reviews 49 empirical studies that estimate the impact of forced displacement on host communities. A review of … contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 17 major forced displacement crises that occurred between 1922 and 2015, to host …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004820

The economics of forced displacement : an introduction

Verme, Paolo - 2017

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Estimating poverty among refugee populations : a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad

Beltramo, Theresa; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Sarr, Ibrahima; … - 2020

Household consumption surveys do not typically cover refugee populations, and poverty estimates for refugees are rare. This paper tests the performance of cross-survey imputation methods to estimate poverty for a sample of refugees in Chad, by combining United Nations High Commissioner for...

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The impact of forced displacement on host communities : a review of the empirical literature in economics

Verme, Paolo; Schuettler, Kirsten - 2020

The paper reviews the literature that estimated the impact of forced displacement on host communities. A comparative … main contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 19 major forced displacement crises that occurred between 1922 and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239323

Estimating poverty among refugee populations : a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad

Beltramo, Theresa; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Sarr, Ibrahima; … - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240596

Intergenerational impact of population shocks on children's health : evidence from the 1993-2001 refugee crisis in Tanzania

Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise; Verme, Paolo - 2019

This paper examines how parents' early childhood exposure to a refugee crisis impacts their children's health status. Based on Demographic and Health Survey data from Tanzania with the migration history of mothers and fathers, the analysis exploits geographical, time, and cohort variations using...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167990

Risk preferences and the decision to flee conflict

Ceriani, Lidia; Verme, Paolo - 2018

Despite the growing numbers of forcibly displaced persons worldwide, many people living under conflict choose not to flee. Individuals face two lotteries-staying or leaving-characterized by two distributions of potential outcomes. This paper proposes to model the choice between these two...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843775

Risk Preferences and the Decision to Flee Conflict

Ceriani, Lidia - 2018

Despite the growing numbers of forcibly displaced persons worldwide, many people living under conflict choose not to flee. Individuals face two lotteries -- staying or leaving -- characterized by two distributions of potential outcomes. This paper proposes to model the choice between these two...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923621

The Economics of Forced Displacement : An Introduction

Verme, Paolo - 2017

Forced displacement -- defined as the displacement of refugees and internally displaced persons due to violence -- has … institutions were working on forced displacement. Economic theory or empirics had little to offer in articles published in journals …. Data were scarce, unreliable, or inaccessible. Can economics rise to the challenge? Is the economics of forced displacement …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957775

Estimating poverty among refugee populations : a cross-survey imputation exercise for Chad

Beltramo, Theresa; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Sarr, Ibrahima; … - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430126