Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307323 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11393
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
We analyze the wellbeing socio-economic characteristics of Ukrainian refugees in Poland and compare them with their co-nationals who remained in Ukraine. Specifically, we identify the determinants of happiness, trust and self-declared health, and the patterns of self-selection into becoming a refugee in Poland. We focus on how having experienced violence in the course of the current conflict affects socio-economic outcomes of refugees and stayers. We find that the refugees are less well-off both economically and in terms of their general wellbeing (happiness). Having experienced violence does not seem to compel Ukrainians to become refugees, suggesting that they move preemptively, due to the threat of violence, and not after having experienced it. Having suffered violence, however, has a lasting adverse impact on the happiness, trust and health of Ukrainians in Poland and Ukraine alike.
Subjects: 
refugees
violence
happiness
trust
health
Ukraine
JEL: 
F22
F51
I10
I30
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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