Data and Code for: Refugees are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities

This repository provides replication data and code for "Refugees are Hosted in Highly Vulnerable Communities."<br><b>Abstract</b><br>In 2023, a staggering 110 million individuals endured forced displacement due to persecution, conflict, and violence (UNHCR, 2023). They faced formidable challenges, including persecution, trauma, and hunger.Globally, refugee hosting is extremely unequal. Low- and middle-income countries host 76% of the world’s refugee population (UNHCR, 2022). Among the ten countries hosting the most refugees (see Table 1), only Germany qualifies as high-income under World Bank classifications.This inequality has large implications. Economically, host countries may lack the resources and infrastructure to support refugee communities (Maystadt et al., 2019). Hosting can strain food supplies, natural resources, and public services (WFP, 2013a,b), potentially leading to political backlash (Rozo and Vargas, 2021).This study uses original and existing data to explore whether inequality in refugee hosting also exists within countries, focusing on the location of Rohingya refugee camps within Bangladesh. We find that the district hosting refugees was economically deprived compared to the national average, and within the host district, the micro-regions closest to refugee camps were disadvantaged relative to other micro-regions.<br>