Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/221747 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 583
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
The paper reviews the literature that estimated the impact of forced displacement on host communities. A comparative analysis of the empirical models used in 59 studies and a meta-analysis of 972 results collected from these studies are the main contributions of the paper. Coverage extends to 19 major forced displacement crises that occurred between 1922 and 2018, high, medium and low-income host countries and different types of forced migrants. Results refer to outcomes related to employment, wages, prices and household well-being. The meta-analysis finds that most results on employment and wages are non-significant. When significant, decreases in employment and wages are more likely to occur than increases with decreases strongly associated with the short-term, middle-income countries, females, young and informal workers. Food and rent prices tend to increase in the short-term. The probability of observing a decrease in household well-being among hosts is lower than 1 in 5.
Subjects: 
Refugees
Returnees
Expellees
Escapees
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
Forced Migration
Forced Displacement
Host Communities
Labor Markets
Wages
Prices
Employment
Unemployment
Well-being
JEL: 
D12
E24
F22
F66
J08
J1
J2
J3
J4
J7
J8
N3
O15
P46
R2
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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