In 1997 Rwanda introduced a re-settlement policy for refugees displaced during previousconflicts. We exploit geographic variation in the speed of implementation of this policy toinvestigate the impact of conflict-induced displacement and the re-settlement policy onhousehold agricultural output and on skill spill-over mechanisms between returnees andstayers. We find that returns to on-farm labour are higher for returnees relative to stayers,although the evidence suggests that the policy contributed little additional effect to thisdifferential. More speculatively, these differentials suggest that, upon return from conflictinducedexile, returnees are more motivated to increase their economic performance.
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