The Globalization of Refugee Flows

Xavier Devictor, Quy-Toan Do and Andrei Levchenko

No 9206, Policy Research Working Paper Series from The World Bank

Abstract: This paper analyzes the spatial distribution of refugees over 1987-2017 and establishes several stylized facts about refugees today compared with past decades. (i) Refugees today travel longer distances. (ii) Refugees today are less likely to seek protection in a neighboring country. (iii) Refugees today are less geographically concentrated. And (iv) refugees today are more likely to reside in a high-income OECD country. The findings bring new evidence to the debate on refugee burden-sharing.

Keywords: International Trade and Trade Rules; Social Conflict and Violence; Social Cohesion; Educational Sciences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04-07
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