poster: Refugees influx, land access and second-generation health outcomes in host communities: Evidence from Tanzania
Wang Sonne
In this paper, We use the latest Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) to study how the large refugees’ inflow in Northwest Tanzania during the 1993-1994 period has improved children’s health outcomes in host communities 22 years later. We exploit a geographical variation by computing a Refugee Influx Index (RII) using the inverse distance from each household clusters to the 13 main camps where refugees settled in 1993-1994; weighted by their respective population and a time variation based on parents’ age at refugees’ arrival. Given that the majority of refugees tend to return to their countries of origin, living their assets with hosts; we found that mothers who were living in clusters closer to main refugee camps and above 17 years old (adults) in 1993-1994 are more likely to own land and house. That leads to women’s higher intrahousehold bargaining power on healthcare expenditure and ultimately better children’s HAZ score.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2019
Only personal, non-commercial use of this document is allowed.