Refugees and the education of host populations: evidence from the Syrian inflow to Jordan

Ragui Assaad, Thomas Ginn and Mohamed Saleh

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Abstract: While labor market impacts of refugees in low- and middle-income countries are commonly studied, public services like education could also be affected by mass arrivals. This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians. Combining detailed household surveys with school-level records on the density of Syrians, we study both the quantity and quality of education using a difference-in-differences design across refugee prevalence and schooling cohort. We find no evidence that Syrians significantly affected the educational outcomes of Jordanians. We show that the government’s response of establishing second shifts in existing public schools and opening new schools in camps mitigated potential overcrowding.

Keywords: education; refugees; forced migration; Middle East (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J61 N35 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2023-09-01
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Published in Journal of Development Economics, 1, September, 2023, 164. ISSN: 0304-3878

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