Migration Shocks and Housing: Short-Run Impact of the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Jordan

Ibrahim Alhawarin (), Ragui Assaad () and Ahmed Elsayed ()
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Ibrahim Alhawarin: Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
Ahmed Elsayed: American University in Cairo

No 13969, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of migration shocks on housing conditions and rental prices for the local population. The identification comes from the regional variation in the large influx of Syrian refugees to Jordan in the wake of the Syrian conflict which started in 2011. Combining detailed household-level surveys with information on where Syrian refugees are concentrated, we employ a difference-in-difference approach and show that the influx had negative impacts on housing quality and increased the rents paid by local households. Residential mobility also increased in response to the flow of refugees, and this could have acted as a channel through which housing quality decreased and may have attenuated the impact on rents. The effects are more pronounced among poorer and less-educated households, those who are arguably in competition with refugees for housing.

Keywords: migration; Syrian refugee crisis; housing; Jordan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O18 R21 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2020-12
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Published - published in: Journal of Housing Economics, 2021, 53, 101761

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