Zhu, HengGupta, AnubhabFilipski, MateuszValli, JaakkoGonzalez-Estrada, ErnestoTaylor, J. Edward2023-01-202023-01-202023-01-190002-9092http://hdl.handle.net/10919/113321This paper adds to a sparse but growing literature on the economic costs and benefits of hosting refugees, including a unique policy of providing refugees with access to cultivable land. We construct a general equilibrium model from microsurvey data to simulate the spillover effects of giving land to refugees on income and production in the host-country economy surrounding a refugee settlement in Uganda. Reduced-form econometric analysis of land allocations at the refugee settlement, robust to several specifications, confirms the simulation finding that providing refugees with agricultural land significantly improves their welfare and self-reliance. Simulations reveal that refugee aid and land allocations generate positive income spillovers in the local economy out to a 15-km radius around the refugee settlement. Host-country households benefit significantly from the income spillovers that refugee assistance creates, and host-country agriculture is the largest beneficiary among production sectors.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalGeneral equilibriumImmigrationLandRefugeesSpilloversUgandaArticle - Refereed2023-01-20https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12371Gupta, Anubhab [0000-0002-1346-1880]