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JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
Volume 164, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2023.103131
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Education; Forced migration; Refugees; Middle east
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This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians. By combining household surveys and school-level records, the study finds no evidence that Syrians significantly affected the educational outcomes of Jordanians. The government's response to potential overcrowding, such as establishing second shifts in existing schools and opening new schools in camps, helped mitigate the impact.
While labor market impacts of refugees in low-and middle-income countries are commonly studied, public services like education could also be affected by mass arrivals. This paper examines the impact of Syrian refugees on the educational outcomes of Jordanians. Combining detailed household surveys with school-level records on the density of Syrians, we study both the quantity and quality of education using a difference -in-differences design across refugee prevalence and schooling cohort. We find no evidence that Syrians significantly affected the educational outcomes of Jordanians. We show that the government's response of establishing second shifts in existing public schools and opening new schools in camps mitigated potential overcrowding.
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