Hometown Conflict and Refugees’ Integration Efforts

Cevat Giray Aksoy, Gaurav Khanna, Victoria Marino and Semih Tumen

No 18918, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: How does violence in origin areas affect the educational outcomes of refugees in their destinations? Using administrative panel data, we find that heightened violence in the hometowns of Syrian students leads to improvements in their school outcomes in Turkiye. Turkish language and Math scores of refugee students improve, with larger impacts on Turkish scores. There is no impact on naturalized Syrian students. We observe positive spillovers on Turkish students. These findings suggest ongoing violence in refugee-origin areas reduces the prospect of returning home, and induces students to increase their integration effort by investing in education.

Keywords: Conflict; Integration; Forced migration; Return migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F51 I21 I25 J15 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-03
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