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How are European Migrants from the MENA Countries Affected by COVID-19? Insights from an Online Survey

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  • Cimpoeru Smaranda
  • Roman Monica
  • Kobeissi Amira
  • Mohammad Heba

    (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania)

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COVID-19 pandemic has affected and still affects many countries in the world, reshaping many of the economic and social activities. Based on the results of an online survey, this paper highlights the perceptions of the way the pandemic has affected one of the most vulnerable categories in a society, migrants. We focus our research on the migrants and refugees from Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, living in Europe, as in the recent years and mostly after the migrant crisis in 2015, they are in large numbers in European countries. Using ANOVA models, our results show that unemployed migrants, students but also migrants who find it difficult on present income are most worried about the COVID-19 crisis and fell they will be greatly affected in terms of income and employment by this crisis. Also, women are more worried by COVID-19 than men with respect to the health aspect.

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  • Cimpoeru Smaranda & Roman Monica & Kobeissi Amira & Mohammad Heba, 2020. "How are European Migrants from the MENA Countries Affected by COVID-19? Insights from an Online Survey," Journal of Social and Economic Statistics, Sciendo, vol. 9(1), pages 128-143, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:jsesro:v:9:y:2020:i:1:p:128-143:n:8
    DOI: 10.2478/jses-2020-0008
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    Keywords

    COVID-19 crisis; migrants; MENA countries; ANOVA;
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    JEL classification:

    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General

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