The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan

Joint Authors

Wahba, Jackline
Krafft, Caroline
Falah, Bilal

Source

Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 1172-1274 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.0-53, 54 p.

Publisher

Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey

Publication Date

2018-12-31

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

54

Main Subjects

Economy and Commerce

Topics

Abstract EN

Starting in 2011, the Syrian conflict caused a large influx of refugees into Jordan.

As of 2015, there were an estimated 1.3 million Syrians in a country with just 6.6 million Jordanians.

The refugees are largely living and, in some cases, working in Jordanian host communities.

This paper investigates the impact of the refugee influx on the Jordanian labor market.

Panel data from 2010 and 2016 combined with information on where the refugee influx was concentrated allow us to identify the impact of refugees on Jordanians’ labor market outcomes.

Overall, we find that Jordanians living in areas with additional refugees have had no worse labor market outcomes than Jordanians with less exposure to the refugee influx.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Falah, Bilal& Krafft, Caroline& Wahba, Jackline. 2018. The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836193

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Falah, Bilal…[et al.]. The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1172-1274 (Dec. 2018), pp.0-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836193

American Medical Association (AMA)

Falah, Bilal& Krafft, Caroline& Wahba, Jackline. The impact of refugees on employment and wages in Jordan. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-53.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836193

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes appendices : p. 31-53

Record ID

BIM-836193