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TY - JOUR
T1 - Winners and losers among a refugee-hosting population
AU - Maystadt, Jean-Francois
AU - Verwimp, Philip
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The impact of a sudden, mass influx of forced migrants on the hosting economy is understudied and not well understood. Using a household panel dataset for the Kagera region in Tanzania, we test the impact of the mass refugee presence on the welfare of the local population. Our identification strategy exploits variations in the timing of arrival as well as the spatial distribution of Rwandese and Burundi refugees. We find a positive and aggregate effect, but households are impacted differently depending on their main initial occupation.
AB - The impact of a sudden, mass influx of forced migrants on the hosting economy is understudied and not well understood. Using a household panel dataset for the Kagera region in Tanzania, we test the impact of the mass refugee presence on the welfare of the local population. Our identification strategy exploits variations in the timing of arrival as well as the spatial distribution of Rwandese and Burundi refugees. We find a positive and aggregate effect, but households are impacted differently depending on their main initial occupation.
U2 - 10.1086/676458
DO - 10.1086/676458
M3 - Journal article
VL - 62
SP - 769
EP - 809
JO - Economic Development and Cultural Change
JF - Economic Development and Cultural Change
SN - 0013-0079
IS - 4
ER -