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The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Labour Market Implications in Jordan and Lebanon

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  • Lorenza Errighi
  • Jörn Griesse

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Since the outbreak of the armed conflict in Syria, the neighbours Jordan and Lebanon have been faced with the arrival of a large number of refugees. Aside from the immediate humanitarian needs of the Syrian refugees, their integration into the local labour market is crucial to enable refugees to improve their situation through their own efforts and, for host countries, to reap more of the potential economic benefits from the demographic boost. However, the labour market policy response in Jordan and Lebanon has so far broadly gone in a direction of limiting refugees’ access in an attempt to protect the native population. While this is understandable given the large number of refugees, joint efforts from host governments and the international community are required to engage refugees in productive and formalised economic activities, along with increasing the labour market potential of the native population. The EU is part of this international effort that seeks to combine external support with national policy action.

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  • Lorenza Errighi & Jörn Griesse, 2016. "The Syrian Refugee Crisis: Labour Market Implications in Jordan and Lebanon," European Economy - Discussion Papers 029, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission.
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    1. Sak, Güven & Kaymaz, Timur & Kadkoy, Omar & Kenanoglu, Murat, 2018. "Forced migrants: Labour market integration and entrepreneurship," Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), vol. 12, pages 1-13.
    2. Peter Seeberg, 2018. "EU policies concerning Lebanon and the bilateral cooperation on migration and security – new challenges calling for new institutional practices?," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 1-9, December.
    3. Pascal L. Ghazalian, 2022. "The effects of the Arab Spring on female labour force participation in the MENA region," Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 869-900, October.
    4. Zeynep Sahin Mencutek & Ayat J. Nashwan, 2021. "Perceptions About the Labor Market Integration of Refugees: Evidences from Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 615-633, June.
    5. Safwan A. Mohammed & Ali Alkerdi & János Nagy & Endre Harsányi, 2020. "Syrian crisis repercussions on the agricultural sector: Case study of wheat, cotton and olives," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 12(3), pages 519-537, June.

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    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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