The Impact of Refugee Crises on Firm Dynamics and Internal Migration: Evidence from the Syrian Refugee Crisis in Turkey
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The civil war in Syria has culminated into major refugee crises in its neighboring countries. By the end of 2013 more than half a million people were seeking shelter in cities and refugee camps in Turkey. We analyze how the Syrian refugee influx in Turkey affected firm entry and exit rates, foreign investments and internal migration in regions of Turkey where refugees are being accommodated. Refugee camps are geographically concentrated near the Syrian border, which enables us to employ the rest of regional Turkey as control group with a difference-in-difference approach to analyze the impact on local economies. Our findings suggest that firm entry increased in provinces hosting refugees and we find no concurrent increase in firm exits. The net increase appears to be at least partially driven by foreign owned firms. We also find that internal migration in and out of the host regions declined. We conclude with a discussion of the effects of the refugee crisis on local economies in terms of both employment and
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