Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/163032 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2017/66
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
This paper examines whether the presence of refugees alters the intra-household allocation of tasks across genders in the hosting population. Using panel data (pre- and post-refugee inflow) from Kagera, a rural region of Tanzania, we find that the refugee shock led to women being less likely to engage in employment outside the household and more likely to engage in household chores relative to men. This is probably the result of the environmental degradation that accompanied the arrival of refugees and the additional competition for natural resources such as wood and water. However, the results differ by (pre-shock) literacy and maths skill. For women who could read and perform simple written mathematical operations the refugee shock resulted in a higher likelihood of engaging in outside employment. On the other hand, higher exposure to the refugee shock resulted in illiterate women being more likely to engage in farming and household chores.
Subjects: 
forced migration
time use
labour markets
gender
Tanzania
JEL: 
F22
J16
J61
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-290-8
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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