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

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hasager, Linea
• 署名单位: University of Copenhagen
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2024.105119
• 发表日期: 2024
• 关键词: Refugees; Asylum recognition; Family reunification; Female integration; Violence against women; Staggered difference-in-differences design

摘要

In most countries, men are the principal asylum applicants, while women are admitted through familyreunification 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.