Author Verme, Paolo
Title The Welfare of Syrian Refugees : Evidence from Jordan and Lebanon
Imprint Washington, D. C. : World Bank Publications, 2015
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Note Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Background and Motivation -- Structure of the Report and Questions Asked -- Summary of Results -- Policy Implications -- Notes -- References -- Concepts and Definitions -- Individual and Social Welfare -- Monetary and Nonmonetary Welfare Measures -- Deprivation and Poverty -- Vulnerability -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 A Profile of Refugees -- Introduction -- Macroeconomic Factors Leading Up to the Crisis -- Comparing Syrians, Jordanians, and Lebanese before the Crisis -- Socioeconomic Dimensions of Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Lebanon -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Welfare and Poverty -- Introduction -- Data -- Poverty Profile -- Poverty Predictors -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 3 Vulnerability -- Introduction -- Concepts -- Models -- Results -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Policies -- Introduction -- Programs and Policies for Refugees -- Methodology -- Results -- Conclusions -- Annex 4A. Statistics and Variables -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 A Comparative Analysis across Countries and Data Sets -- Introduction -- Data -- Welfare Distributions -- Inequality -- Poverty -- Poverty Profile -- Predictors of Welfare and Poverty -- Conclusion -- Annex 5A. Expenditure Questions across Different Questionnaires -- Notes -- Box -- Box O.1 Measuring Poverty in a Refugee Context -- Figures -- 1.1 GDP Growth Rates in the Arab World, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, and the World, 1995-2012 (%) -- 1.2 GDP Per Capita Growth Rates in the Arab World, Low- and Middle-Income Countries, and the World, 2000-10 (%) -- 1.3 Syria GDP Growth, 2004-10 (%) -- 1.4 World Prices of Food, Agricultural Products, and Crude Oil, 1995-2012 (real 2010 US) -- 1.5 Sectoral Value Added as Share of GDP, 2000-08 (%)
1.6 Syrian Imports and Exports of Refined Petroleum, 2005-10 (Thousand Barrels per Day) -- 1.7 Trade Deficit in Syria, 2005-10 (LS million) -- 1.8 Syrian Unemployment Rates by Sex, 2010 (%) -- 1.9 Syrian Labor Force Participation Rates by Sex, 2006, 2008, and 2010 (%) -- 1.10 Encouraging and Adverse Results of Syria's Economic Performance in the 2000s -- 1.11 Dependency Ratios in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, 2010 (%) -- 1.12 Primary and Secondary School Enrollment Rates in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, 2010 (%) -- 1.13 Labor Force Participation Rates in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon by Sex, 2010 (%) -- 1.14 Poverty Headcount Rates in Syria by Region, 2007 (%) -- 1.15 Age Pyramid by Sex of Syrians (Panel A), Syrian Refugees in Lebanon (Panel B), and Syrian Refugees in Jordan (Panel C), 2007 and 2014 -- 1.16 Educational Attainment for Pre-Crisis Syrians and Syrian Refugees Five Years and Older, 2007 and 2014 (%) -- 1.17 Educational Attainment by Age Group for Pre-Crisis Syrians and Syrian Refugees 15 Years and Older, and 2014 (%) -- 1.18 Educational Attainment of Syrian Refugees Five Years and Older in Lebanon (Panel A) and Jordan (Panel B) by Sex, 2014 (%) -- 1.19 Educational Attainment at Five Years or Older for Pre-Crisis Syrians (Panel A) and Syrian Refugees (Panel B), 2007 and 2014 (%) -- 1.20 Marital Status of Pre-Crisis Syrians and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, 2007 and 2014 (%) -- 1.21 Employment by Occupation of Pre-Crisis Syrians and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon and Jordan by Sex, Females (Panel A) and Males (Panel B), 2007 and 2014 (%) -- 2.1 Structure of Welfare Aggregates by Responses, 2014 (%) -- 2.2 Income and Expenditure Distributions of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, 2014 -- 2.3 Poverty Rate Curves of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, 2014 -- 2.4 Poverty Rates of Syrian Refugees by Characteristics of the Principal Applicant, 2014 (%)
2.5 Coverage and Leakage with Different Probability Thresholds (JD 50 Poverty Line) -- 3.1 Vulnerability Rates by Expenditure Quintiles -- 4.1 Coverage and Leakage for Different Probability Thresholds and AUC, Without and With Vulnerability Criteria (JD 50 Poverty Line) -- 4.2 Youden and Distance Indexes for Different Cut-Off Points (Individuals and Cases) -- 4.3 Probability Threshold, Coverage Rate, and Leakage Rate for Different Budget Scenarios -- 5.1 Density and Cumulative Distribution Functions of Expenditure per Capita (US PPP) -- 5.2 Lorenz Curves of Expenditure per Capita PPP -- Maps -- 1.1 Density of Refugees Leaving Syria by Governorate, 2011-14 (%) -- 1.2 Density of Syrian Refugees in Host Communities by Governorate in Lebanon and Jordan, 2011-14 (%) -- Tables -- 1.1 Population in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon by Age as a Percentage of Total Population, 2010 -- 1.2 Employment by Sector as a Percentage of Total Employment in Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, 2009 -- 2.1 T-Tests for Selected Variables in PG and JD-HV2 Data -- 2.2 Summary Statistics for Welfare Aggregates, 2014 -- 2.3 Poverty Line of Syrian Refugees in Jordan, 2014 -- 2.4 Poverty Rates of Syrian Refugees by Governorate of Origin and Destination, 2014 -- 2.5 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Date of Arrival and Date of Home Visit -- 2.6 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Entry Point and Formal Status, 2014 -- 2.7 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Age and Marital Status of Principal Applicant, 2014 -- 2.8 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Former Occupation and Education of Principal Applicant, 2014 -- 2.9 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Case Size and Number of Children, 2014 -- 2.10 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Number of School-Age Children and School Attendance, 2014
2.11 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Children School Attendance and Child Work, 2014 -- 2.12 Population and Poverty of Syrian Refugees by Contract Duration and Type of Accommodation, 2014 -- 2.13 Profile of Average Cases of Syrian Refugees by Quintile, 2014 -- 2.14 Coverage and Leakage Rates for Different Poverty Lines (PL) and Probability Thresholds (Cut-off) -- 2.15 Welfare Model -- 2.16 Poverty Model 1 (JD 50 Poverty Line) -- 2.17 Poverty Model 2 (JD 25 Poverty Line, Same Variables of Poverty Model 1) -- 2.18 Poverty Model 2 (JD 25 Poverty Line, Optimal Model) -- 2.19 Welfare Model with Dependent Variable in Per Capita Adult Equivalent Terms -- 3.1 Monetary Vulnerability Model -- 3.2 Incidence of Poverty and Economic Vulnerability -- 3.3 Mobility from Poverty to Economic Vulnerability -- 3.4 Incidence of Economic Vulnerability and Poverty by PA Characteristics (Poverty Threshold = JD 50) -- 3.5 Incidence of Economic Vulnerability and Poverty by Case Characteristics (Poverty Threshold = JD 50) -- 3.6 Food Vulnerability Model -- 3.7 Joint Incidence of Food Vulnerability and Economic Vulnerability -- 3.8 Crowding Vulnerability Model -- 3.9 Incidence of Crowding Vulnerability and Economic Vulnerability -- 4.1 Reproduction of UNHCR Cash Assistance Decision Based on HV Income Data (%) -- 4.2 Poor According to UNHCR Income and Expenditure Criteria (%) -- 4.3 Reproduction of UNHCR Cash Assistance Decision Based on HV Expenditure Data (%) -- 4.4 Coverage and Leakage of UNHCR Cash Decisions According to Income and Expenditure Criteria (%) -- 4.5 Poverty Rates Before and After UNHCR and WFP Transfers (%) -- 4.6 Impact of Policies on the Poverty and Welfare of Syrian Refugees -- 4.7 Impact of Education Policies on the Welfare of Syrian Refugees: A Comparison with Syrians before the Crisis, 2007
4A.1 Poverty and Welfare Statistics of Policy Variables -- 4A.2 Margins by Policy Variable -- 5.1 Basic Information on Data Sets -- 5.2 Mean Expenditure per Month per Capita -- 5.3 Means Comparisons across Data Sets -- 5.4 Gini Index of Expenditure Concentration -- 5.5 Gini Index Decomposition by Expenditure Sources -- 5.6 Poverty Lines in Jordan and Lebanon -- 5.7 Poverty Rates across Different Data Sets -- 5.8 Individual Poverty Rates by Characteristics of the Case and PA (Harmonized Data) -- 5.9 Case Poverty Rates by Characteristics of the Case and PA (Harmonized Data) -- 5.10 Poverty Rate by Characteristics of the Principal Applicant (Nonharmonized Data) -- 5.11 Poverty Rate by Characteristics of the Case (Nonharmonized Data) -- 5.12 Individual Welfare Model (Harmonized Data) -- 5.13 Case Welfare Model (Harmonized Data) -- 5.14 Individual Poverty Model (Harmonized Data) -- 5.15 Case Poverty Model (Harmonized Data)
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Subject Political refugees - Lebanon - Social conditions
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