How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
Using representative survey data including Iranians and Afghan refugees in Iran in 2011–2019, this paper explores the unequal impact of macroeconomic fluctuations due to Iran’s nuclear dispute on Afghan refugees and host communities. The paper find...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/311771643289939369/How-Do-Shared-Experiences-of-Economic-Shocks-Impact-Refugees-and-Host-Communities-Evidence-from-Afghan-Refugees-in-Iran http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36916 |
| Summary: | Using representative survey data
including Iranians and Afghan refugees in Iran in 2011–2019,
this paper explores the unequal impact of macroeconomic
fluctuations due to Iran’s nuclear dispute on Afghan
refugees and host communities. The paper finds that economic
shock increases refugee’s exit and disproportionately
reduces their consumption expenditure and aid received from
the host community. In addition, bad and good economic
cycles create asymmetric impacts. While negative shocks
affect the economic outcomes of two communities
homogenously, it hurts social cohesion between them. In
contrast, economic recovery benefits refugees relatively
more in terms of consumption and income, but the impact on
social cohesion measures is insignificant. The findings also
suggest that in turbulent economic times, both
inter-community and intra-community inequalities go up. |
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