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Forced displacement and behavioral change: an empirical study of returnee households in the Nuba Mountains

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  • Asha Abdel-Rahim
  • Dany Jaimovich
  • Aleksi Ylönen

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We use a unique data-set gathered during a short-lived interwar period in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan to compare characteristics of the households returning after the conflict with those that stayed in their communities of origin. We found that returning households seemed to face worse economic conditions, particularly in the case of female-headed returnee households. Nevertheless, our results show that returnees tend to perform better on different health indicators. Using a detailed set of variables about hygiene and sanitary habits, we explore the hypothesis that the latter result may be related to changes in attitudes given the distinct experiences during displacement. We show that returnees are indeed more likely to adopt these measures.

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  • Asha Abdel-Rahim & Dany Jaimovich & Aleksi Ylönen, 2018. "Forced displacement and behavioral change: an empirical study of returnee households in the Nuba Mountains," Defence and Peace Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(2), pages 190-220, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:defpea:v:29:y:2018:i:2:p:190-220
    DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2015.1095515
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    1. Ivan Zilic, 2018. "Effect of forced displacement on health," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 181(3), pages 889-906, June.
    2. Christoph Eder, 2014. "Displacement and education of the next generation: evidence from Bosnia and Herzegovina," IZA Journal of Labor & Development, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 3(1), pages 1-24, December.
    3. repec:jku:cdlwps:2015_08 is not listed on IDEAS
    4. Hoddinott, John F., 2011. "Agriculture, health, and nutrition: Towards conceptualizing the linkages," 2020 conference briefs 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    5. Schuettler, Kirsten & Caron, Laura, 2020. "Jobs Interventions for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons," Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides 32152447, The World Bank.

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    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • Q15 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation; Agriculture and Environment

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