How Mass Immigration Affects Countries with Weak Economic Institutions : A Natural Experiment in Jordan
| Autor: | Alex Nowrasteh, Andrew Forrester, Cole Blondin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Natural experiment MIGRATION media_common.quotation_subject Refugee Immigration Population Developing country Public policy Development Public choice Economic freedom Immigration policy Accounting Political science 0502 economics and business Development economics 050602 political science & public administration Import substitution industrialization 050207 economics education media_common UNEMPLOYMENT education.field_of_study National accounts 05 social sciences Economic liberalization Institutional economics ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE 0506 political science IMMIGRATION REFUGEES Finance |
| Popis: | To 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. |
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