The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on native population mortality

Name: The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on native population mortality
Author: Aygün, A., Kırdar, M. G., Tuncay Alpanda, Berna

İsim	The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on native population mortality
Yazar	Aygün, A., Kırdar, M. G., Tuncay Alpanda, Berna
Basım Tarihi:	2021-12
Basım Yeri	- Elsevier
Konu	Refugees, Health care resources, Native mortality, Infant, Child, Elderly, Instrumental variables
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	0167-6296
Kayıt Numarası	6927a4ae-27a6-4600-9b2f-d953c7dabe44
Lokasyon	Economics
Tarih	2021-12
Örnek Metin	As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health system was utterly broken. Several studies report that Syrian refugees faced numerous diseases during their exodus, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover, they have much higher fertility rates than natives. We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health care resources in Turkey and on natives’ mortality—with a focus on infant, child, and elderly mortality. Our OLS results yield suggestive evidence of an adverse effect of the refugee shock on infant and child mortality. However, we find that this is a result of endogenous settlement patterns of refugees. Once we account for the endogeneity using a plausibly exogenous instrument, we find no evidence of an effect on native mortality for any age group. We also analyze the refugees’ pressure on the health care services in Turkey and the government's response to understand our findings on mortality outcomes.
DOI	10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102534
Cilt	80

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The effect of hosting 3.4 million refugees on native population mortality

Yazar Aygün, A., Kırdar, M. G., Tuncay Alpanda, Berna

Basım Tarihi 2021-12

Basım Yeri - Elsevier

Konu Refugees, Health care resources, Native mortality, Infant, Child, Elderly, Instrumental variables

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 0167-6296

Kayıt Numarası 6927a4ae-27a6-4600-9b2f-d953c7dabe44

Lokasyon Economics

Tarih 2021-12

Örnek Metin As of the end of 2017, 3.4 million Syrian refugees lived in Turkey. These refugees left a country where the health system was utterly broken. Several studies report that Syrian refugees faced numerous diseases during their exodus, brought certain infectious diseases to the hosting communities, and have a high incidence of health care utilization. Moreover, they have much higher fertility rates than natives. We examine the effect of Syrian refugees on the health care resources in Turkey and on natives’ mortality—with a focus on infant, child, and elderly mortality. Our OLS results yield suggestive evidence of an adverse effect of the refugee shock on infant and child mortality. However, we find that this is a result of endogenous settlement patterns of refugees. Once we account for the endogeneity using a plausibly exogenous instrument, we find no evidence of an effect on native mortality for any age group. We also analyze the refugees’ pressure on the health care services in Turkey and the government's response to understand our findings on mortality outcomes.

DOI 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102534

Cilt 80