nep-cwa 2018-07-23 papers

on Central and Western Asia

Issue of 2018‒07‒23
two papers chosen by
Sultan Orazbayev

Immigration, Housing Rents, and Residential Segregation: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey By Balkan, Binnur; Tok, Elif Ozcan; Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih
Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey By Gunes, Pinar; Ural Marchand, Beyza

Immigration, Housing Rents, and Residential Segregation: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey

By:	Balkan, Binnur (Central Bank of Turkey); Tok, Elif Ozcan (Central Bank of Turkey); Torun, Huzeyfe (Central Bank of Turkey); Tumen, Semih (TED University)
Abstract:	The massive inflow of Syrian refugees is argued to drastically affect various social and economic outcomes in the hosting countries and regions. In this paper, we use micro-level data to investigate whether the Syrian refugee inflows have affected the market for housing rentals in Turkey. The unexpected arrival of a large number of refugees due to civil conflict in Syria is used to construct a quasi-experimental design. Since the construction of new housing units takes a long time, refugee inflow resembles a positive demand shock to the sector. We find that the refugee inflows have led to an increase in the rents of higher-quality housing units, while there is no statistically significant effect in the rents of lower-quality units. This finding supports a residential segregation story, which suggests that the refugee wave has increased the demand for native-dominant neighborhoods with better amenities especially among natives. We argue that negative attitudes towards refugees – potentially due to refugee-native conflict along several dimensions – may be generating this result.
Keywords:	Syrian refugees, immigration, housing rents, quasi-experimental design, Turkey
JEL:	C21 F22 R21 R23
Date:	2018–06
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp11611&r=cwa

Macroeconomic Conditions and Child Schooling in Turkey

By:	Gunes, Pinar (University of Alberta, Department of Economics); Ural Marchand, Beyza (University of Alberta, Department of Economics)
Abstract:	This paper examines the effects of macroeconomic shocks on child schooling in Turkey using household labor force surveys from 2005-2013. We use variation in local labor demand as an instrumental variable, particularly regional industry composition and national industry employment growth rates. The results demonstrate that child schooling is pro-cyclical in Turkey, with the most acute effects among children with less educated parents and living in rural areas. Finally, as hypothesized, we find asymmetric effects on child schooling based on skill composition of economic growth. Higher unemployment among unskilled workers increases schooling, whereas higher unemployment among skilled workers decreases schooling.
Keywords:	Schooling; Unemployment; Business Cycles; Turkey
JEL:	J13 J24 O15
Date:	2018–07–14
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:albaec:2018_010&r=cwa

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