Does granting refugee status to family-reunified women improve their integration?

Linea Hasager

Journal of Public Economics, 2024, vol. 234, issue C

Abstract: In most countries, men are the principal asylum applicants, while women are admitted through family-reunification procedures. Family reunification implies that women’s residence permits are contingent on remaining married to their husbands. Using a staggered Difference-in-Differences (DID) Design, I document that granting asylum to family-reunified women improves their economic integration, increases the probability of divorce and decreases their risk of being victims of violence. I find significant impacts on victimization and economic integration regardless of whether the woman remains married or not.

Keywords: Refugees; Asylum recognition; Family reunification; Female integration; Violence against women; Staggered difference-in-differences design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J12 J15 J61 K37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105119

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