Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/232721 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 13969
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper investigates the impact of migration shocks on housing conditions and rental prices for the local population. The identification comes from the regional variation in the large influx of Syrian refugees to Jordan in the wake of the Syrian conflict which started in 2011. Combining detailed household-level surveys with information on where Syrian refugees are concentrated, we employ a difference-in-difference approach and show that the influx had negative impacts on housing quality and increased the rents paid by local households. Residential mobility also increased in response to the flow of refugees, and this could have acted as a channel through which housing quality decreased and may have attenuated the impact on rents. The effects are more pronounced among poorer and less-educated households, those who are arguably in competition with refugees for housing.
Subjects: 
migration
Syrian refugee crisis
housing
Jordan
JEL: 
O18
R21
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
888.91 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.