Assessing economic impacts of hosting refugees

Author(s)
Omata, N. and Weaver, N.
Publication language
English
Pages
20pp
Date published
30 Dec 2015
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Evaluation-related, Forced displacement and migration, Research methodology
Organisations
University of Oxford Refugee Studies Center

This paper explores a variety of approaches used to assess the economic impact of refugees on their host communities and states. It identifies theoretical, methodological, and ethical gaps in the existing literature, and also problematizes some of the assumptions and rationales behind current debates about measuring refugees' economic impact on host populations and states.