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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Main Authors:	Hoseini, Mohammad, Dideh, Mahsa Jahan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	FORCED DISPLACEMENT REFUGEES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATION ECONOMIC SHOCK MIGRATION HOST COMMUNITY
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

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spelling	okr-10986-369162022-02-04T05:10:36Z How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran Hoseini, Mohammad Dideh, Mahsa Jahan FORCED DISPLACEMENT REFUGEES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATION ECONOMIC SHOCK MIGRATION HOST COMMUNITY 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. 2022-02-03T15:03:20Z 2022-02-03T15:03:20Z 2022-01 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9915 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa South Asia Afghanistan Iran, Islamic Republic of
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description	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.
format	Working Paper
author	Hoseini, Mohammad Dideh, Mahsa Jahan
author_facet	Hoseini, Mohammad Dideh, Mahsa Jahan
author_sort	Hoseini, Mohammad
title	How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
title_short	How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
title_full	How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
title_fullStr	How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
title_full_unstemmed	How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran
title_sort	how do shared experiences of economic shocks impact refugees and host communities? evidence from afghan refugees in iran
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2022
url	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
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How Do Shared Experiences of Economic Shocks Impact Refugees and Host Communities? Evidence from Afghan Refugees in Iran

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