Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282554 
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Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 10866
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
In most countries, men are the principal asylum applicants, while women are admitted through family-reunification procedures. Family reunification implies that women's residence permits are contingent on remaining married to their husbands. Using a staggered Difference-in-Differences (DID) Design, I document that granting asylum to family-reunified women improves their economic integration, increases the probability of divorce and decreases their risk of being victims of violence. I find significant impacts on victimization and economic integration regardless of whether the woman remains married or not. I propose that the results can be explained by a reduction in uncertainty about residency and an increase in female bargaining power when the women are granted an autonomous asylum status.
Subjects: 
refugees
asylum recognition
family reunification
female integration
violence against women
staggered difference-in-differences design
JEL: 
J12
J15
J61
K37
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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