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Housing Subsidies for Refugees: Experimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordan

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dc.contributor.authorTamim, Abdulrazzak
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Emma
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, I. Bailey
dc.contributor.authorMiguel, Edward
dc.contributor.authorLeone, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorRozo, Sandra V.
dc.contributor.authorStillman, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-22T21:57:24Z
dc.date.available2025-01-22T21:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-22
dc.description.abstractRefugees require assistance for basic needs like housing but local host communities may feel excluded from that assistance, potentially affecting community relations. This study experimentally evaluates the effect of a housing assistance program for Syrian refugees in Jordan on both the recipients and their neighbors. The program offered full rental subsidies and landlord incentives for housing improvements, but saw only moderate uptake, in part due to landlord reluctance. The program improved short-run housing quality and lowered housing expenditures, but did not yield sustained economic benefits, partly due to redistribution of aid. The program unexpectedly led to a deterioration in child socio-emotional well-being, and also strained relations between Jordanian neighbors and refugees. In all, housing subsidies had limited measurable benefits for refugee well-being while worsening social cohesion, highlighting the possible need for alternative forms of aid.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099831501212542537/IDU1a72809a417fd714c7918d82140a01ed1a392
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11042
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/42718
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Group; 11042
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectFORCED MIGRATION
dc.subjectSOCIAL INTEGRATION
dc.titleHousing Subsidies for Refugeesen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence on Life Outcomes and Social Integration in Jordanen
dc.typeWorking Paper
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okr.date.disclosure2025-01-22
okr.date.lastmodified2025-01-21T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099831501212542537/IDU1a72809a417fd714c7918d82140a01ed1a392
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okr.identifier.docmidIDU-a72809a4-7fd7-4c79-8d82-40a01ed1a392
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-11042
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34448155
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34448155
okr.identifier.reportWPS11042
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okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.topicIndustry::Industrial and Consumer Services and Products
okr.topicCommunities and Human Settlements::Human Migrations & Resettlements
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Social Protections & Assistance
okr.unitDECPH:Poverty
okr.unitIneq. & Human Dev (DECPH)
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