CfP

Conference on

”Forced Displacement, Asylum Seekers and Refugees:

Economics Aspects and Policy Issues”

18-19 March 2019

Queen Mary University of London - School of Economics and Finance

The School of Economics and Finance at QMUL and COMPAS at the University of Oxford are jointly organising a conference on “Forced Displacement, Asylum Seekers and Refugees: Economics Aspects and Policy Issues”. The aim of the workshop is to bring together novel research on:

• the socio-economic integration of asylum seekers and refugees in receiving societies;
• the effects of migration and asylum policies on the size, composition, movements and (economic and non-economic) outcomes of displaced people;
• the impact of their presence on hosting societies.

The organisers are especially interested in evidence from European and other OECD countries as well as in experiences of forced displacement in developing countries. Further topics of interest include evidence from historical events, unauthorised flows, border enforcement policies, economic and non-economic impacts, public attitudes, and electoral consequences.