Do Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate?

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dc.creatorTrinh, Trong-Anh
dc.creatorDang, Hai-Anh H.
dc.creatorVerme, Paolo
dc.date2022-06-14T19:58:10Z
dc.date2022-06-14T19:58:10Z
dc.date2022-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:36:40Z
dc.descriptionHardly any evidence exists on the effects of mental illness on refugee labor outcomes. This paper offers the first study on this topic in the context of Australia, one of the host countries with the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Analyzing the Building a New Life in Australia longitudinal survey, the paper exploits the variations in traumatic experiences of refugees interacted with post-resettlement time periods to causally identify the impacts of refugee mental health. The findings show that worse mental health, as measured by a one-standard-deviation increase in the Kessler mental health score, reduces the probability of employment by 14.1 percent and labor income by 26.8 percent. There is also evidence of adverse impacts of refugees’ mental illness on their children’s mental health and educational performance. These effects appear to be more pronounced for newly arriving refugees and those without social networks, but they may be ameliorated with government support.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099751406132233907/IDU0d25fa10702ac2049bf0bf8d0d61ea329a7d0
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/37544
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-10083
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/407288
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Papers;10083
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectCHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectSOCIAL SERVICE SUPPORT TO REFUGEES
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectSOCIAL NETWORKS
dc.subjectTRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES OF REFUGEES
dc.subjectKESSLER MENTAL HEALTH SCORE
dc.subjectREFUGEE LABOR OUTCOMES
dc.subjectPOST-RESETTLEMENT MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectREFUGEE HOST COUNTRY
dc.subjectINSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE
dc.subjectBUILDING A NEW LIFE IN AUSTRALIA LONGITUDINAL SURVEY
dc.subjectMENTAL HEALTH
dc.subjectMENTAL ILLNESS IN RESETTLEMENT
dc.titleDo Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate?
dc.titleEvidence from the Building a New Life in Australia Longitudinal Survey
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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