Browsing by Author "Cookle, Mikki"

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    Implications of the Syrian Refugee Influx on the Jordanian Labor Market
    (2017) Cookle, Mikki
    The study uses Jordan’s Employment and Unemployment Surveys (EUS) from 2003" 2014 with the aim to analyze trends in labor market indicators at the governorate level. Using the proportion of Syrians in each governorate, I classify governorates into three categories of “treatment”: low, medium, and high. This treatment variable will be examined against labor market outcomes including labor force participation, unemployment, weekly working hours and wages. The pre" and post"treatment periods are separated by the year 2011, when the first wave of Syrians entered Jordan, though this is not a sharp cut"off. These periods will be referred to as pre"influx and post"influx.
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    Implications of the Syrian Refugee Influx on the Jordanian Labor Market Trends Analysis across Jordan’s Twelve Governorates, 2007-2014
    (2017-05-19) Cookle, Mikki
    The Syrian civil war has displaced over 10 million Syrians from their homes since its inception in 2011. While 5 million displaced Syrians remain without a home inside their own country, the other 5 million have fled for refuge in countries far and near, including Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan. For a small country like Jordan, whose pre"conflict population size was about 6 million people, the arrival of 1 million refugees has come as a major shock to the nation’s economy and society. While many commentators and analysts hope for a resolution to the conflict that includes the return of refugees to their Syrian homes (Yahya 2017), the prospect of that reality coming to fruition is bleak at best. Even if a peace settlement is possible in Syria, the Assad regime and the Islamic State have left a legacy of utter destruction. What is left of the ravaged country has been rigged for further explosion. A recent report from the Economist documents the presence of land"mines and booby" trapped homes, schools, hospitals and mosques, making the nation “one of the most heavily mined regions on earth” (Economist 2017). The process of mine"sweeping and rebuilding Syria will be extraordinarily expensive and will take decades (Economist 2017). Jordan and other host countries must treat their new population of Syrian refugees as new permanent residents, as this is the most likely outcome for the present generation, and find a way to make the most of their presence.