TY - JOUR
T1 - Syrian refugees in Lebanon: a spatial study
AU - Montero Kuscevic, Casto Martin
AU - Radmard, Hossein
N1 - Acknowledgments
We thank the Editor and anonymous referee for their constructive feedback. Also, we are thankful to our research assistant, Reem Zaiour, for invaluable help.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Almost seven years of catastrophic conflict and unrest in Syria have resulted in a colossal flow of the displaced population. According to The United Nation Refugee Agency (UNHCR), by the end of 2016, there were over one million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon. This means compared to any other host country, Lebanon has the highest rate of refugee per local population. In this paper, we focus on refugees’ placement and residence, which have shown an uneven distribution among different regions of Lebanon. Maps generated by the available data show that districts with high refugee population rates are surrounded by districts with low population rates. Our results indicate that among other variables, access to credit is the most critical variable for explaining this spatial pattern.
AB - Almost seven years of catastrophic conflict and unrest in Syria have resulted in a colossal flow of the displaced population. According to The United Nation Refugee Agency (UNHCR), by the end of 2016, there were over one million registered Syrian refugees in Lebanon. This means compared to any other host country, Lebanon has the highest rate of refugee per local population. In this paper, we focus on refugees’ placement and residence, which have shown an uneven distribution among different regions of Lebanon. Maps generated by the available data show that districts with high refugee population rates are surrounded by districts with low population rates. Our results indicate that among other variables, access to credit is the most critical variable for explaining this spatial pattern.
U2 - 10.1080/13504851.2019.1623862
DO - 10.1080/13504851.2019.1623862
M3 - Article
VL - 27
SP - 417
EP - 421
JO - Applied Economics Letters
JF - Applied Economics Letters
SN - 1350-4851
IS - 5
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