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Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

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  • C. Austin Davis
  • Paula López-Peña
  • Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
  • Jaya Y. Wen

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Low- and middle-income nations host 76 percent of the world's refugees. This study uses original data to explore within-country spatial variability in refugee-hosting responsibilities. We find that hosting responsibilities for the displaced Rohingya people in Bangladesh are allocated in similarly unequal fashion when analyzed at the national, regional, and microregional levels. Refugee camps are placed in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities relative to both Bangladesh as a whole and surrounding areas. Our findings underscore the importance of considering host communities in the coordination of humanitarian responses to refugee crises to prevent economic hardship and political backlash.

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  • C. Austin Davis & Paula López-Peña & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak & Jaya Y. Wen, 2024. "Refugees Are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 114, pages 75-79, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:114:y:2024:p:75-79
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20241057
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
    • K37 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Immigration Law
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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