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Dominik Hangartner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Dynamics of Refugee Return: Syrian Refugees and Their Migration Intentions
SocArXiv, 2020Co-Authors: Ala' Alrababa'h, Daniel Masterson, Marine Casalis, Dominik Hangartner, Jeremy M. WeinsteinAbstract:Despite the importance of understanding how refugee crises end, little is known about when and why Refugees return home. We study the drivers of Refugees’ decision-making using original observational and experimental data from a representative sample of 3,003 Syrian Refugees in Lebanon. We find that conditions in a refugee’s home country are the primary drivers of return intentions. Refugees’ decisions are influenced primarily by safety and security in their place of origin, their economic prospects, the availability of public services, and their personal networks. Confidence in information is also important, as several drivers of return only impact intentions among people who have high confidence in their information. By contrast, the conditions in refugee–hosting countries––so-called “push” factors––play a much smaller role. Even in the face of hostility and poor living conditions, Refugees are unlikely to return unless the situation at home improves significantly.
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ethnic networks can foster the economic integration of Refugees
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019Co-Authors: Dominik Hangartner, Linna Marten, Jens HainmuellerAbstract:There is widespread concern in Europe and other refugee-receiving continents that living in an enclave of coethnics hinders Refugees’ economic and social integration. Several European governments have adopted policies to geographically disperse Refugees. While many theoretical arguments and descriptive studies analyze the impact of spatially concentrated ethnic networks on immigrant integration, there is limited causal evidence that sheds light on the efficacy of these policies. We provide evidence by studying the economic integration of Refugees in Switzerland, where some Refugees are assigned to live in a specific location upon arrival and, by law, are not permitted to relocate during the first 5 y. Leveraging this exogenous placement mechanism, we find that Refugees assigned to locations with many conationals are more likely to enter the labor market. This benefit is most pronounced about 3 y after arrival and weakens somewhat with longer residency. In addition, we find that, among Refugees employed by the same company, a high proportion share nationality, ethnicity, or language, which suggests that ethnic residential networks transmit information about employment opportunities. Together, these findings contribute to our understanding of the importance of ethnic networks for facilitating refugee integration, and they have implications for the design of refugee allocation policies.
Melina R Platas - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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americans preferred syrian Refugees who are female english speaking and christian on the eve of donald trump s election
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Claire L Adida, Melina R PlatasAbstract:What types of Refugees do Americans prefer for admission into the United States? Scholars have explored the immigrant characteristics that appeal to Americans and the characteristics that Europeans prioritize in asylum-seekers, but we currently do not know which refugee characteristics Americans prefer. We conduct a conjoint experiment on a representative sample of 1800 US adults, manipulating refugee attributes in pairs of Syrian refugee profiles, and ask respondents to rate each refugee's appeal. Our focus on Syrian Refugees in a 2016 survey experiment allows us to speak to the concurrent refugee crisis on the eve of a polarizing election, while also identifying religious discrimination, holding constant the refugee's national origin. We find that Americans prefer Syrian Refugees who are female, high-skilled, English-speaking, and Christian, suggesting they prioritize refugee integration into the U.S. labor and cultural markets. We find that the preference for female Refugees is not driven by the desire to exclude Muslim male Refugees, casting doubt that American preferences at the time were motivated by security concerns. Finally, we find that anti-Muslim bias in refugee preferences varies in magnitude across key subgroups, though it prevails across all sample demographics.
Ayat J. Nashwan - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2020Co-Authors: Zeynep Sahin Mencutek, Ayat J. NashwanAbstract:This article focuses on the Refugees’ labor market integration in the immediate host countries. Drawing from the experience of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, it describes how the integration in labor market depends on the alignment of four perspectives: (1) host state perspective, materialized through legal regulations about refugee employment; (2) refugee perspective that refers to Refugees’ access to labor market and challenges they face; (3) host community perspective that implies to the recognition, approval, or reactions of host communities to the refugee employment; and (4) donor perspective that appears with the intervention of international actors through development aid or general support to Refugees’ working rights. To explore these diverging perspectives and their implications about the labor market integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, the data is gathered from ethnographic policy analysis and stakeholder interviews in urban areas and camps. We argue that the Refugees’ legal right to work is one of the most contentious policy issues not only for Jordanian state but also for its relations with Jordanian citizens, Refugees, and donors. From the perspective of donors, ensuring Syrians’ legal access to labor market in the immediate host countries, like Jordan, is a policy tool for keeping Refugees in the origin region. At the host community level, the issue appears as a source of dilemma; because refugee employment is a critical domain for Refugees’ self-reliance and local integration on the one hand, it is perceived as the source of competition for already scarce job opportunities on the other hand. For Refugees themselves, an access to labor market and getting support are ways of gaining sustainable livelihood opportunities, self-reliance, and dignity. However, this access is marked by severe conditions of exploitation, vulnerability, and discrimination in working places as well as the anti-refugee rhetoric of local host communities. Programming in refugee employment necessitates taking all these four perspectives into account.
Claire L Adida - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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americans preferred syrian Refugees who are female english speaking and christian on the eve of donald trump s election
PLOS ONE, 2019Co-Authors: Claire L Adida, Melina R PlatasAbstract:What types of Refugees do Americans prefer for admission into the United States? Scholars have explored the immigrant characteristics that appeal to Americans and the characteristics that Europeans prioritize in asylum-seekers, but we currently do not know which refugee characteristics Americans prefer. We conduct a conjoint experiment on a representative sample of 1800 US adults, manipulating refugee attributes in pairs of Syrian refugee profiles, and ask respondents to rate each refugee's appeal. Our focus on Syrian Refugees in a 2016 survey experiment allows us to speak to the concurrent refugee crisis on the eve of a polarizing election, while also identifying religious discrimination, holding constant the refugee's national origin. We find that Americans prefer Syrian Refugees who are female, high-skilled, English-speaking, and Christian, suggesting they prioritize refugee integration into the U.S. labor and cultural markets. We find that the preference for female Refugees is not driven by the desire to exclude Muslim male Refugees, casting doubt that American preferences at the time were motivated by security concerns. Finally, we find that anti-Muslim bias in refugee preferences varies in magnitude across key subgroups, though it prevails across all sample demographics.
Zeynep Sahin Mencutek - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan
Journal of International Migration and Integration, 2020Co-Authors: Zeynep Sahin Mencutek, Ayat J. NashwanAbstract:This article focuses on the Refugees’ labor market integration in the immediate host countries. Drawing from the experience of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, it describes how the integration in labor market depends on the alignment of four perspectives: (1) host state perspective, materialized through legal regulations about refugee employment; (2) refugee perspective that refers to Refugees’ access to labor market and challenges they face; (3) host community perspective that implies to the recognition, approval, or reactions of host communities to the refugee employment; and (4) donor perspective that appears with the intervention of international actors through development aid or general support to Refugees’ working rights. To explore these diverging perspectives and their implications about the labor market integration of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, the data is gathered from ethnographic policy analysis and stakeholder interviews in urban areas and camps. We argue that the Refugees’ legal right to work is one of the most contentious policy issues not only for Jordanian state but also for its relations with Jordanian citizens, Refugees, and donors. From the perspective of donors, ensuring Syrians’ legal access to labor market in the immediate host countries, like Jordan, is a policy tool for keeping Refugees in the origin region. At the host community level, the issue appears as a source of dilemma; because refugee employment is a critical domain for Refugees’ self-reliance and local integration on the one hand, it is perceived as the source of competition for already scarce job opportunities on the other hand. For Refugees themselves, an access to labor market and getting support are ways of gaining sustainable livelihood opportunities, self-reliance, and dignity. However, this access is marked by severe conditions of exploitation, vulnerability, and discrimination in working places as well as the anti-refugee rhetoric of local host communities. Programming in refugee employment necessitates taking all these four perspectives into account.
