Living in limbo: Economic and social costs for refugees

Ukrayinchuk, Nadiya; Havrylchyk, Olena

Document type :

Compte-rendu et recension critique d'ouvrage

DOI :

10.1111/caje.12475

Title :

Living in limbo: Economic and social costs for refugees

Author(s) :

Ukrayinchuk, Nadiya [Auteur]

Lille économie management - UMR 9221 [LEM]
Havrylchyk, Olena [Auteur]
Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne [CES]

Journal title :

Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue Canadienne d'Économique

Pages :

1523-1551

Publisher :

Wiley

Publication date :

2020-11

ISSN :

0008-4085

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Economies et finances

English abstract : [en]

Our paper tests the hypothesis that living in limbo could have negative consequences for the socio‐economic integration of refugees. We define limbo as a protracted period when asylum seekers are waiting for the decision ...
Show more >Our paper tests the hypothesis that living in limbo could have negative consequences for the socio‐economic integration of refugees. We define limbo as a protracted period when asylum seekers are waiting for the decision concerning their permanent refugee status. Relying on the French survey of migrants, France's longitudinal survey of migrants (ELIPA), we measure integration by labour market participation, fluency in French, finding new French friends and studying. To account for the endogeneity of limbo, we instrument it with the administrative backlog. We find that living longer in limbo during the asylum‐seeking period slows down future integration of refugees, but results differ with respect to gender and educational attainment. While having lived longer in limbo slows down most aspects of socio‐economic integration for refugees with no degree or a high school degree, those with a bachelor's degree do not experience negative effects. Male refugees who had lived longer in limbo have a lower likelihood of being employed and studying in France, while similar females make fewer French friends.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

Excellence Laboratory Financial Regulation

Collections :

Lille Économie Management (LEM) - UMR 9221

Source :

Harvested from HAL

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