The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan

Belal Fallah; Caroline Krafft; Jackline Wahba

doi:10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.03.009

The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan

Belal Fallah, Caroline Krafft, Jackline Wahba

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Abstract

Starting in 2011, the Syrian conflict caused a large influx of refugees into Jordan. In 2015, there were an estimated 1.3 million Syrians in a country with just 6.6 million Jordanians. This paper investigates the impact of the Syrian refugee influx on the Jordanian labor market. Panel data from 2010 to 2016 combined with information on where the refugee influx was concentrated allow us to identify the impact of refugees on Jordanians’ labor market outcomes. Overall, we find that Jordanians living in areas with a high concentration of refugees have had no worse labor market outcomes than Jordanians with less exposure to the refugee influx.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	203-216
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Development Economics
Volume	139
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.03.009
State	Published - Jun 2019
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Employment
Jordan
Labor markets
Refugees
Unemployment
Wages

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