The findings of our research on forced displacement helps development practitioners and policymakers design more effective programs for displaced and host populations. The folloiwng articles comprise a selection of journal articles and papers on forced displacement that are helping to inform policymaking. Browse through the selection according to thematic areas.
Jobs
Immigration, labor markets and discrimination: Evidence from the Venezuelan Exodus in Perú, World Development
Labor market integration, local conditions and inequalities: Evidence from refugees in Switzerland, World Development
The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp, American Economic Review
Social cohesion
Forced displacement, social cohesion, and the state: Evidence from eight new studies, World Development
Long-term effects of the 1923 mass refugee inflow on social cohesion in Greece, World Development
Refugee return and social cohesion, Oxford Review of Economic Policy
Forced Migration and Social Cohesion: Evidence from the 2015/16 Mass Inflow in Germany, World Development
How to cope with a refugee population? Evidence from Uganda, World Development
The effects of refugees’ camps on hosting areas: Social conflicts and economic growth, World Development
Inclusive refugee-hosting can improve local development and prevent public backlash, World Development
Refugees welcome? Inter-group interaction and host community attitude formation, World Development
Health
Do Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate? Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Survey, Health Economics
Special Issue on Forced Displacement and Health (forthcoming), Journal on Migration and Health
Integration Through Health During Protracted Displacement: Case Studies From Colombia and Jordan, Journal on Migration and Human Society
Intergenerational Impact of Population Shocks on Children's Health: Evidence from the 1993-2001 Refugee Crisis in Tanzania, Health Economics e-Journal
Gender
Special Issue on Forced Displacement and Gender (forthcoming), Journal of Development Studies
How does poverty differ among refugees? Taking a gender lens to the data on Syrian refugees in Jordan, Middle East Development Journal
The effect of armed conflict on intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, World Development
How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan, Middle East Development Journal
Education
Exposure to Conflict, Migrations and Long-run Education and Income Inequality: Evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Defence and Peace Economics
Displacement and return in the internet Era: Social media for monitoring migration decisions in Northern Syria, World Development
How do shocks affect enrollment in faith-based schools? Evidence from West Africa, International Studies in Catholic Education
Covid-19 pandemic
Out of sight, out of mind: The impact of lockdown measures on sentiment towards refugees, Journal of Information Technology & Politics
COVID-19 in humanitarian settings and lessons learned from past epidemics, Nature Medicine
A Simple Early Warning Signal for COVID-19, medRxiv
Poverty
Program targeting with machine learning and mobile phone data: Evidence from an anti-poverty intervention in Afghanistan, Journal of Development Economics
Estimating poverty for refugees in data-scarce contexts: an application of cross-survey imputation, Journal of Population Economics
Climate
Climate resilience in Rwanda: evaluating refugees’ and host populations’ vulnerability to risk, Forced Migration Review (FMR)
Overview
Policy preferences in response to large forced migration inflows, World Development
The Economics of Forced Displacement: An Introduction, Region and Development
The impact of forced displacement on host communities: A review of the empirical literature in economics, Journal of Development Economics
Optimal targeting under budget constraints in a humanitarian context, World Development
Introduction to the Special Issue 'Gendered Dimensions of Forced Displacement (coming)