Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295885 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16862
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
How does violence in origin areas affect the educational outcomes of refugees in their destinations? Using administrative panel data, we find that heightened violence in the hometowns of Syrian students leads to improvements in their school outcomes in Türkiye. Turkish language and Math scores of refugee students improve, with larger impacts on Turkish scores. There is no impact on naturalized Syrian students. We observe positive spillovers on Turkish students. These findings suggest ongoing violence in refugee-origin areas reduces the prospect of returning home, and induces students to increase their integration effort by investing in education.
Subjects: 
conflict
forced migration
integration effort
return migration
JEL: 
J15
I21
I25
F51
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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