Impact of refugees on immigrants’ labor market outcomes
Joint Authors
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 1172-1274 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.0-23, 24 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
24
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The Syrian refugee influx in Jordan came on top of an additional 1.6 million foreigners residing in Jordan.
The non-national population of refugees and immigrants had increased Jordan’s population of 6.6 million by about 45%.
This raises an important question on whether the inflow of refugees has displaced immigrants in the Jordanian labor market.
In this paper, we use novel data from Jordan from before and after the Syrian refugee influx to test whether economic immigrants were affected by Syrian refugees.
We address several threats to identifications: the selectivity of immigrants and the geographic sorting of immigrants and refugees within Jordan using instrumental variable approach.
We find that, as a result of the Syrian refugee influx, immigrants were more likely to work in the informal sector, and they worked fewer hours and had lower total wages as a result.
The results suggest that the main competition that occurred in the Jordanian labor market was not between refugees and natives, but rather between refugees and economic migrants
American Psychological Association (APA)
Malaib, Bilal& Wahba, Jackline. 2018. Impact of refugees on immigrants’ labor market outcomes. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836455
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Malaib, Bilal& Wahba, Jackline. Impact of refugees on immigrants’ labor market outcomes. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 1172-1274 (Dec. 2018), pp.0-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836455
American Medical Association (AMA)
Malaib, Bilal& Wahba, Jackline. Impact of refugees on immigrants’ labor market outcomes. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 1172-1274, pp.0-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-836455
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 21-23
Record ID
BIM-836455