This paper extends the analysis of "Agricultural Property and the 1948 Palestinian Refugees: Assessing the Loss" (Lewis … 1996) to non-agricultural property. The estimate is based mainly on the area of urban property abandoned by refugees, where …

The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum …-receiving countries and for the refugees themselves. …

homes. Over the course of a few months, Kagera - a region in northwestern Tanzania - received more than 500,000 refugees … intensity. I exploit this variation to investigate the short and long run causal effects of hosting refugees on the outcomes of …-cohort variation and find that childhood exposure to this massive arrival of refugees reduced height in early adulthood by 1.8 cm (1 …

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by … them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable …

, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …

, although only among a number of other determinants. For Germany, legal status at entry is important; former refugees and those … migrants who arrive through family reunification are less likely to work full-time; refugees are also less self-employed. Those …

Canada admits refugees on the basis of compassion and not economic criteria. It is however, important to document the … are that employed Canadian refugees earn an amount equal to that earned by their family class reference group circa 1980 …-2001. However, the incidence of social assistance attachment for refugees is substantial and for those refugees who receive any …

data on refugees in Africa, showing that, after controlling for war, ODA has a positive impact on the outflow of refugees …