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Refugee return and social cohesion

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  • Isabel Ruiz
  • Carlos Vargas-Silva

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Refugee return often involves the re-encounter of individuals who were separated for years, but we know little about its impact on social cohesion. We explore this impact using data from a nationwide survey that we conducted in Burundi, a country that experienced high levels of repatriation during the 2000s. We find that refugee return has a negative impact on the feeling that community members help each other, could borrow money for emergencies from non-household members, and the feeling that the community is peaceful. The impacts on measures of reconciliation, post-conflict justice, trust, and participation in community groups are mostly statistically insignificant. We also explore how these effects differ across different sub-samples based on ethnic composition, pre-war land scarcity, and attitudes towards return. The results highlight the possible role of new migration-related societal divisions in affecting post-return social cohesion.

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  • Isabel Ruiz & Carlos Vargas-Silva, 2022. "Refugee return and social cohesion," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited, vol. 38(3), pages 678-698.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:oxford:v:38:y:2022:i:3:p:678-698.
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    1. Bogliacino, Francesco & Posso, Christian & Villaveces, Marta Juanita, 2025. "Restoring property rights: The effects of land restitution on credit access," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 186(C).

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