Abstract
Jordan received thousands of refugees over the last 30 years. Engulfed by regional turbulence, holding limited resources and reliant on foreign aid, Jordan stands vulnerable towards external shocks. Given such volatility, this study will examine how refugees affect the real per capita income, per capita government spending and unemployment. This will be done using vector autoregression (VAR) model. The data used accounts for a time series annual data for the period of 1990-2018, obtained from Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference (CEIC) census and Jordan's Department of Statistics. The study found that there is no causality between refugee influx and the unemployment rate, per capita income and per capita government spending. These results indicate that refugee intake may not be a crippling element on Jordan as capital inflow from donors, humanitarian agencies and the assistance in cash and kind may compensate Jordan's public. Further, refugees usually work in informal sectors in which Jordanians are reluctant to accept.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: International Journal of Economics and Business Research
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
