Arbeitspapier
A Sense of No Future in an Uncertain Present: Altruism and Risk-Seeking among Syrian Refugees in Jordan
An unprecedented number of refugees from Syria has sought refuge in both the Middle East and Europe since the beginning of the civil war in Syria in 2011. We analyze the level of altruism and risk-seeking among Syrian civil war victims in Jordan. We find systematic variations in their revealed levels of altruism and their willingness to accept risk: feeling as if having no future coincides with both more egoistic and more risk-seeking behavior. Refugees' behavioral responses and their sense of no future correlate with their current personal living experiences. Our findings suggest that both the sense of no future and the accompanying behavioral responses are primarily associated with miserable current living conditions rather than with experiences directly related to the civil war in Syria. Policy implications of these findings seem straightforward: Policy makers need to provide additional assistance for facilitating family reunion.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ILE Working Paper Series ; No. 41
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
International Migration
National Security and War
Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
- Thema
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experiments
altruism
risk-seeking
psychological distress
migration
civil war
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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El-Bialy, Nora
Fraile Aranda, Elisa
Nicklisch, Andreas
Saleh, Lamis
Voigt, Stefan
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE)
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Hamburg
- (wann)
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2020
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- El-Bialy, Nora
- Fraile Aranda, Elisa
- Nicklisch, Andreas
- Saleh, Lamis
- Voigt, Stefan
- University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE)
Entstanden
- 2020
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