The impacts of refugee repatriation on receiving communities

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12694964
AutoresIsabel Ruiz (0000-0002-8195-4943, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, Mansfield Rd, Oxford OX1 3TD, UK, autor de correspondencia), Carlos Vargas-Silva (0000-0003-0578-4775, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Rd, Oxford OX2 6QS, UK)
Año2020
Volumen21
Número2
Páginas169-194
Fecha de publicación2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Economic Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-2702 • E-ISSN: 1468-2710
EditorialOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/jeg/lbaa004
OpenAlexW3014609524
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas29

Using longitudinal data from Burundi, we explore the consequences of refugee repatriation for stayee households in a context in which returnees faced restrictions on economic activities and mobility while abroad. We use geographical features of the receiving communities, including altitude and distance to the border, for identification. We find that a 1 percentage point increase in the local share of the population accounted for by returnees leads to a reduction in the livestock of stayee households which is equivalent to 1 fowl per adult member or a 5% with respect to the mean. A higher share of returnees in a community also leads to less land access, lower subjective well-being and higher food insecurity for stayees. The negative effects on subjective well-being and food security disappear over the rounds of the survey (5 years), likely as a consequence of stayee households adjusting their economic activities in response to the presence of returnees

Business · Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Population · Refugee · Repatriation · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Demography