The Economic Effect of Refugee Crises on Neighbouring Host Countries

Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9952853
AutoresAmdadullah Baloch (0000-0003-2306-1028, University Putra Selongor, autor de correspondencia), Said Zamin Shah (0000-0003-0841-5019, University Putra Selongor), Zaleha Mohd Noor (University Putra Selongor), Miloud Lacheheb (0000-0002-6672-1754, Kasdi Merbah University Ouargla)
Año2017
Volumen55
Número6
Páginas90-106
Fecha de publicación2017-09-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12389
OpenAlexW2755830719
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas34

There is a considerable debate in terms of opportunities and challenges about the presence of refugees in the neighbouring host countries. Most of the existing discourse has focused only on their humanitarian and security implications. This article, on the other hand, seeks to uncover this issue through a purely economic lens, focusing on the economic impact of more than three million Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Utilizing data for the period 1979–2014 and the ARDL bounds testing approach, we arrive at few important conclusions. The empirical results indicate that Afghan refugees have a strong negative impact on economic growth in Pakistan. The effect holds in both the short run and the long run, suggesting that the influx of refugees lowers real economic activity in the country. Ultimately, the study implies that hosting refugees can never be a boon to Pakistan's economy

Afghan · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Empirical evidence · Macroeconomics · Political science · Refugee · Short run · International Development and Aid · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration