CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Alca, Gülsün |
|---|---|
| Title | The Impact of Syrian Refugees on the Labor Market Outcomes of Natives in Turkey |
| Summary | Syria’s civil war has resulted in a forced displacement of over 5.5 million Syrian refugees to neighboring countries. Turkey has ranked the first among neighboring countries (including Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt) by receiving more than 3.5 million Syrians by the end of May 2019. The massive inflow of the refugees has led to economic and political challenges in the country. In this paper, the impact of forced migration of Syrians on Turkish natives’ labor market outcomes is estimated by using regional panel data including twenty six subregions classified by NUTS-2. The empirical findings indicate that Syrian refugees have an adverse effect on Turkish natives’ informal employment. In other words, Turkish workers have been displaced by Syrian refugees in the informal sector. On the other hand, the refugee influx is found to have a positive impact on Turkish workers’ formal employment while there is no statistically significant effect of Syrian refugees on Turkish citizens’ unemployment. |
| Supervisor | Akbar, Yusaf |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/alca_gulsun.pdf |
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