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TY - JOUR
T1 - The development push of refugees
T2 - evidence from Tanzania
AU - Maystadt, Jean-Francois
AU - Duranton, Gilles
N1 - This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Economic Geography following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version Jean-François Maystadt, Gilles Duranton; The development push of refugees: evidence from Tanzania, Journal of Economic Geography, 19,2 is available online at: https://academic.oup.com/joeg/article/19/2/299/4984499
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - We exploit a 1991–2010 Tanzanian household panel to assess the effects of the temporary refugee inflows originating from Burundi (1993) and Rwanda (1994). We find that the refugee presence has had a persistent and positive impact on the welfare of the local population. We investigate the possible channels of transmission, underscoring the importance of a decrease in transport costs as a key driver of this persistent change in welfare. We interpret these findings as the ability of a temporary shock to induce a persistent shift in the equilibrium through subsequent investments rather than a switch to a new equilibrium in a multiple-equilibrium setting.
AB - We exploit a 1991–2010 Tanzanian household panel to assess the effects of the temporary refugee inflows originating from Burundi (1993) and Rwanda (1994). We find that the refugee presence has had a persistent and positive impact on the welfare of the local population. We investigate the possible channels of transmission, underscoring the importance of a decrease in transport costs as a key driver of this persistent change in welfare. We interpret these findings as the ability of a temporary shock to induce a persistent shift in the equilibrium through subsequent investments rather than a switch to a new equilibrium in a multiple-equilibrium setting.
U2 - 10.1093/jeg/lby020
DO - 10.1093/jeg/lby020
M3 - Journal article
VL - 19
SP - 299
EP - 334
JO - Journal of Economic Geography
JF - Journal of Economic Geography
SN - 1468-2702
IS - 2
ER -