Building Stability Between Host and Refugee Communities : Evidence from a TVET Program in Jordan and Lebanon
The resettlement of refugees in host communities increases (perceived) competition for scarce economic and non-economic resources, which can contribute to tensions between the communities. This study tests the impact of a TVET program in Jordan and...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099049506232232375/IDU06366e329021f404ec10bce50d363c97acb98 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37593 |
| Summary: | The resettlement of refugees in host
communities increases (perceived) competition for scarce
economic and non-economic resources, which can contribute to
tensions between the communities. This study tests the
impact of a TVET program in Jordan and Lebanon that aims to
tackle stresses associated with competition, particularly in
the labor market. The authors test the impact of the program
on economic outcomes, economic and life optimism, experience
and perception of economic competition and ingroup-outgroup
discrimination using a range of survey measures and
behavioral experiments. They also conduct heterogeneity
analyses to assess whether the intervention affects host and
refugee communities similarly. The authors show that by the
end of the training, the program has not yet achieved its
employment aims for either hosts or refugees. However, for
refugees, there are significant improvements in optimism and
decreases in the experience of short-term economic stress.
There are also improvements in inter-group behavior for
refugees. These results provide insights on how to better
tailor labor market programs to host and refugees while
being conflict sensitive. |
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