Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/263600 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15384
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
As more and more Venezuelans leave their country, fleeing the economic and social crisis, the number of Venezuelans in Brazil has risen steadily since 2016, constituting about 18.6 percent of Brazil's 1.4 million refugee and migrant population as of October 2020. Past research finds that the impacts of forced displacement on the labor market outcomes of host community are mixed and tend to depend on country characteristics. This paper extends the previous literature by exploring the economic impact of Venezuelan influx on Roraima, the state bordering the República Bolivariana de Venezuela at the north and the main gateway of the Venezuelan refugees and migrants entering Brazil, and focusing on the formal sector employment of the host community. Using survey and administrative data and regression discontinuity frameworks, this paper finds that in the short-run, the Venezuelan influx led to an overall increase in unemployment and a decrease in informal sector employment, specially among the female workers in Roraima. Focusing on the host community, the findings suggest that Venezuelan influx led to increase in formal sector employment among the Brazilians, while the effect on both overall and native wages are heterogenous, suggesting distribution impacts and need for gender targeted policies.
Subjects: 
labor market impacts
Venezuelan refugees and migrants
host community
forced displacement
JEL: 
J21
J31
J61
F22
F15
O15
R23
H20
H50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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