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How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees ? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan

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  • Hanmer,Lucia C.
  • Arango,Diana Jimena
  • Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina
  • Santamaria Bonilla,Julieth Andrea
  • Viollaz,Mariana

Abstract

Data collected for refugee registration and to target humanitarian assistance include information about household composition and demographics that can be used to identify gender-based vulnerabilities. This paper combines the microdata collected by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to register refugees with data from its Home Visit surveys to analyze income poverty rates among refugees with a gender lens. It finds distinguishing between different types of male and female principal applicant (PA) households is important in the setting of Syrian refugees in Jordan. Poverty rates for couples with children do not differ by gender of the PA but for other household types poverty rates are higher for those with female PAs. Households formed because of the unpredictable dynamics of forced displacement, such as sibling households, unaccompanied children, and single caregivers, are extremely vulnerable, especially if the principal applicant is a woman or a girl.

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  • Hanmer,Lucia C. & Arango,Diana Jimena & Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina & Santamaria Bonilla,Julieth Andrea & Viollaz,Mariana, 2018. "How Does Poverty Differ Among Refugees ? Taking a Gender Lens to the Data on Syrian Refugees in Jordan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8616, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8616
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    1. Santamaria,Julieth & Hanmer,Lucia C. & Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina, 2022. "The Impact of Protracted Displacement on Syrian Refugees in Jordan : The Evolution ofHousehold Composition and Poverty Rates," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10194, The World Bank.
    2. Admasu,Yeshwas & Alkire,Sabina & Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa & Kovesdi,Fanni & Santamaria,Julieth & Scharlin-Pettee[,Sophie, 2021. "A Multi-Country Analysis of Multidimensional Poverty in Contexts of Forced Displacement," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9826, The World Bank.
    3. Hanmer,Lucia C. & Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina & Santamaria,Julieth, 2021. "Differences in Household Composition : Hidden Dimensions of Poverty and Displacement in Somalia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9818, The World Bank.
    4. Caroline Krafft & Ragui Assaad & Isabel Pastoor, 2024. "How Do Gender Norms Shape Education and Domestic Work Outcomes? The Case of Syrian Refugee Adolescents in Jordan," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 60(12), pages 1964-1993, December.
    5. Nicola Jones & Kate Pincock & Sarah Alheiwidi & Workneh Yadete, 2021. "“Our World Is Shaking Because of Corona”: Intersecting Crises and Disrupted Life Transitions among Young People in Ethiopia and Jordan Pre- and Post-COVID-19," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-16, December.
    6. Schneider, Jackson & O’Connell, Stephen D., 2025. "Gender differences in the adequacy of poverty-targeted food assistance programs," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 190(C).
    7. Abigail Weitzman & Matthew Blanton & Sophie M Morse & Gilbert Brenes Camacho & María José Chaves Groh, 2024. "Design and implementation of an intensive panel survey with refugees and other migrants in need of protection in Costa Rica," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(3), pages 1-23, March.

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    JEL classification:

    • D10 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - General
    • I - Health, Education, and Welfare
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics

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