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How Mass Immigration Affects Countries with Weak Economic Institutions: A Natural Experiment in Jordan

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dc.contributor.authorNowrasteh, Alex
dc.contributor.authorForrester, Andrew C.
dc.contributor.authorBlondin, Cole
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-10T18:29:30Z
dc.date.available2021-12-10T18:29:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-06
dc.description.abstractTo what extent does immigration affect the economic institutions in destination countries? While there is much evidence that economic institutions in developed nations are either unaffected or improved after immigration, there is little evidence of how immigration affects the economic institutions of developing countries that typically have weaker institutions. Using the Synthetic Control Method, this study estimates a significant and long-lasting positive effect on Jordanian economic institutions from the surge of refugees from the First Gulf War. The surge of refugees to Jordan in 1990–1991 was massive, equal to 10 percent of Jordan’s population in 1990. Importantly, these refugees were able to have a large and direct impact on Jordanian economic institutions because they could work, live, and vote immediately upon entry due to a quirk in Jordanian law. The refugee surge was the main mechanism by which Jordan’s economic institutions improved in the decades that followed.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/36722
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36722
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectMIGRATION
dc.subjectIMMIGRATION
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectREFUGEES
dc.subjectGOVERNANCE
dc.subjectECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS
dc.titleHow Mass Immigration Affects Countries with Weak Economic Institutionsen
dc.title.subtitleA Natural Experiment in Jordanen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.typeArticle de journalfr
dc.typeArtículo de revistaes
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okr.date.disclosure2021-12-01
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-06T11:19:17.212506Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhy032
okr.journal.nbpages533-49
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryJordan
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Migration and Development
okr.topicSocial Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.topicGovernance::National Governance
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Policy, Institutions and Governance
okr.topicConflict and Development::Conflict and Fragile States
okr.volume34(2)
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