Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries

Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries

Millions of forcibly displaced people apply for asylum every year facing uncertain outcomes. What can explain cross-country heterogeneity in these outcomes? This study provides estimates of the determinants of asylum admission policies in host coun...

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Main Author: Issifou, Ismael
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM
LABOR MARKET
FRAGILE STATES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/575731582041376070/Understanding-Decisions-Made-on-Asylum-Applications-in-Host-Countries
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spelling okr-10986-333582022-09-20T00:13:50Z Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries Issifou, Ismael FORCED DISPLACEMENT INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION DISPLACED PERSON ASYLUM LABOR MARKET FRAGILE STATES Millions of forcibly displaced people apply for asylum every year facing uncertain outcomes. What can explain cross-country heterogeneity in these outcomes? This study provides estimates of the determinants of asylum admission policies in host countries using a bilateral panel data set covering 201 origin and 113 destination countries between 2000 and 2017. The paper shows that in high-income countries, unlike in low- and middle-income countries, approval policies are influenced by political factors such as political polarization and electoral periods. The study also finds that macroeconomic factors, labor market outcomes, and public spending can play an important role in final decisions on asylum. 2020-02-20T16:30:45Z 2020-02-20T16:30:45Z 2020-02 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/575731582041376070/Understanding-Decisions-Made-on-Asylum-Applications-in-Host-Countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33358 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9153 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM
LABOR MARKET
FRAGILE STATES
spellingShingle FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
DISPLACED PERSON
ASYLUM
LABOR MARKET
FRAGILE STATES
Issifou, Ismael
Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9153
description Millions of forcibly displaced people apply for asylum every year facing uncertain outcomes. What can explain cross-country heterogeneity in these outcomes? This study provides estimates of the determinants of asylum admission policies in host countries using a bilateral panel data set covering 201 origin and 113 destination countries between 2000 and 2017. The paper shows that in high-income countries, unlike in low- and middle-income countries, approval policies are influenced by political factors such as political polarization and electoral periods. The study also finds that macroeconomic factors, labor market outcomes, and public spending can play an important role in final decisions on asylum.
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author Issifou, Ismael
author_facet Issifou, Ismael
author_sort Issifou, Ismael
title Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
title_short Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
title_full Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
title_fullStr Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
title_full_unstemmed Understanding Decisions Made on Asylum Applications in Host Countries
title_sort understanding decisions made on asylum applications in host countries
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/575731582041376070/Understanding-Decisions-Made-on-Asylum-Applications-in-Host-Countries
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33358
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