Does granting refugee status to family-reunified women improve their integration?

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of Public Economics
Year: 2024
Volume: 234
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

4.022 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

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.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:pubeco:v:234:y:2024:i:c:s0047272724000550
Journal Field
Public
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-25