How Does Poverty Differ among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan

doi:10.1080/17938120.2020.1753995

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How Does Poverty Differ among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan

dc.contributor.author	Rubiano, Eliana
dc.contributor.author	Hanmer, Lucia
dc.contributor.author	Arango, Diana J.
dc.contributor.author	Santamaria, Julieth
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-11T19:35:40Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-11T19:35:40Z
dc.date.issued	2020-05-12
dc.description.abstract	Many reports document the hardships experienced by refugees, highlighting that women and children are a highly vulnerable group. However, empirical analysis of how gender inequality impacts poverty among refugees is limited. We combine registration data for Syrian refugees in Jordan collected by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees with data from its Home Visit surveys to analyze income poverty rates among refugee households. We use an approach that captures the disruption to household structures that results from displacement to evaluate the poverty impacts, comparing refugee households with male and female principal applicants (PAs). We find that distinguishing between different types of principal applicant households is important. Half of the female PAs for nonnuclear households live below the poverty line compared to only one-fifth of male PAs for nonnuclear household. PAs who are widows and widowers also face high poverty risks. Households that have formed because of the unpredictable dynamics of forced displacement, such as unaccompanied children and single caregivers, emerge as extremely vulnerable groups. We show that differences in household composition and individual attributes of male and female PAs are not the only factors driving increased poverty risk. Gender-specific barriers which prevent women accessing labor markets are also a factor. Our findings show that gender inequality amplifies the poverty experienced by a significant number of refugees. Our approach can be used to help policy-makers design more effective programs of assistance and find durable solutions for displaced populations.	en
dc.identifier.citation	Middle East Development Journal
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/35740
dc.identifier.issn	1793-8120
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/35740
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	REFUGEES
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	POVERTY
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	DISPLACED PERSON
dc.subject	FORCED DISPLACEMENT
dc.title	How Does Poverty Differ among Refugees? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.type	Article de journal	fr
dc.type	Artículo de revista	es
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okr.associatedcontent	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17938120.2020.1753995 Journal website (version of record)	en
okr.associatedcontent	https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/30586 Working paper version (pre-print)	en
okr.date.disclosure	2021-11-12
okr.date.doiregistration	2025-05-06T11:34:16.926718Z
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Journal Article
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.externalcontent	External Content
okr.identifier.doi	10.1080/17938120.2020.1753995
okr.identifier.report	161845
okr.language.supported	en
okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Middle East and North Africa
okr.region.country	Jordan
okr.region.country	Syrian Arab Republic
okr.topic	Gender::Gender and Poverty
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.volume	12(2)
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