Out-group prejudice, particularly towards forced migrants, has significant social and economic consequences. In Colombia, prejudice against Venezuelan migrants is on the rise, exacerbated by the large...
El prejuicio hacia los grupos externos, especialmente hacia los migrantes forzados, tiene consecuencias sociales y económicas significativas. En Colombia, el prejuicio contra los migrantes venezolanos...
About a third of the 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their country due to political and economic turmoil have settled in neighboring Colombia. The extent to which the Colombian schooling system can...
This brief highlights the key findings of a working paper that reviews the main findings of 113 studies produced between 1990 and 2023, focusing on the impact of migration on various child groups affected...
This paper reviews the main findings from 113 studies produced between 1990 and 2023, focusing on the impact of migration on various child groups affected through the migration path, including left-behind...
Forced displacement is a global development issue. It is estimated that by early 2021, there were more than 110 million displaced people, of whom 41% are children under the age of 18. One of the main obstacles...
El desplazamiento forzado es un problema de desarrollo global. Se estima que para inicios del 2021 más de 110 millones de personas han sido desplazadas en el mundo, de las cuales 41% son niños menores...
How do policies that ease the integration of immigrants shape their fertility decisions? This paper uses a panel survey of undocumented Venezuelan migrants in Colombia to compare the fertility decisions...
How can regularization programs improve forced migrants’ resilience to shocks? This paper leverages panel data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess whether Venezuelan forced migrants who were...
How does territorial control by non-state actors affect long-term development? This paper investigates the economic, social, and political consequences of temporary territorial control by guerrillas during...
How do crises shape native attitudes towards migrants? A common threat could pro-duce an empathy channel among natives, but the perception of competition for scarce economic resources could just as easily...
This paper presents descriptive statistics from the first wave of the Syrian Refugee Life Study (S-RLS), which was launched in 2020. S-RLS is a longitudinal study that tracks a representative sample of...
This paper examines the well-being effects of a regularization program offered to half a million Venezuelan forced migrants in Colombia. It collects data on more than two thousand such migrants and used...
This study investigates the effectiveness of online, low-cost, scalable interventions aimed at reducing prejudice against an out-group through the use of perspective taking. The authors conducted an online...
Do undocumented forced migrants change their propensity to report or commit a crime when they are granted proper documentation, a job permit, and access to social services? This paper examines the impacts...
Can repatriation inflows impact firm behavior in origin countries? This paper examines this question in the context of repatriation inflows from the United States and Mexico to El Salvador. The paper combines...
This paper examines the effects of large inflows of internally displaced persons (IDP), who are primarily absorbed by the informal sector, on the behavior of formal manufacturing firms in Colombia. To...
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This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in Colombia. In 2006, the Colombian government pledged...
This paper studies the effects of enforcement on illegal behavior in the context of a large aerial spraying program designed to curb coca cultivation in Colombia. In 2006, the Colombian government pledged...