Refugee influx and school enrollment among native youths in Jordan

Abdulmohsen Almuhaisen ()
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Abdulmohsen Almuhaisen: University of Connecticut

Journal of Population Economics, 2024, vol. 37, issue 1, No 33, 28 pages

Abstract: Abstract I investigate the impact of the inflow of Syrian refugees to Jordan on school enrollment rates of 16–21-year-old Jordanians. Using an instrumented difference-in-differences identification strategy that utilizes the variation in the share of refugees across time and space, I show that the refugee influx resulted in a decline in school enrollment, primarily among males and youths with less educated parents. Next, I show that the effect would have been larger in the absence of post-influx investments in educational infrastructure in the most impacted areas. Finally, I show an increase in employment among Jordanian youths, pointing to a potential labor market mechanism for the estimated impact.

Keywords: Refugees; Youths; Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I25 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s00148-024-01016-9

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