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Syrian Refugees and Gender Inequalities within Households: Evidence from Turkey

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  • Nur Bilge

    (Université de Lille, LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IÉSEG School Of Management [Puteaux], IC Migrations - Institut Convergences Migrations - French Collaborative Institute on Migration [Aubervilliers])

  • Simone Moriconi

    (IÉSEG School Of Management [Puteaux], LEM - Lille économie management - UMR 9221 - UA - Université d'Artois - UCL - Université catholique de Lille - ULCO - Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This paper uses data from the Turkish Household Labour Force Survey (2005-2020) to examine how Syrian refugee inflows affect gender inequality within households. Employing a shiftshare IV strategy based on the historical share of Arabic-speaking populations in Turkey in 1965, we find that increased refugee inflows are linked to greater intra-family gender inequality in households where both spouses work. Although the average effect is modest, it becomes sizeable when family dynamics are considered too. A 10% rise in refugee stock leads to a 3.85% increase in the gender productivity penalty for households with at least one child, while no effect is observed in childless families. These findings suggest that refugee migrants are closer substitutes for native female than male workers. Finally, we argue that conservative cultural norms may contribute to undermining the labor market position of native married women as the supply of migrant male workers grows.

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  • Nur Bilge & Simone Moriconi, 2024. "Syrian Refugees and Gender Inequalities within Households: Evidence from Turkey," Working Papers hal-05122470, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-05122470
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5114202
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    2. Bilge, Nur & Naiditch, Claire, 2025. "The Native Mobility Response to Rising Refugees and Migrants in Turkey," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1658, Global Labor Organization (GLO).

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    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • R23 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population

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