Working Papers,
University of Aarhus, Aarhus School of Business, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper investigates whether the Danish Dispersal Policy on

new refugee immigrants carried out from 1986 to 1998 can be regarded

as a natural experiment. Were refugees randomly assigned to

a location?

The main findings are as follows. First, around 90% of new refugees

were assigned to a location. Second, the dispersal policy successfully

distributed new refugees equally across locations relative to the number

of inhabitants in a location. Third, the actual settlement may

have been influenced by six refugee characteristics. I conclude that

the initial location of new refugees 1986-1998 may be regarded as

random, when controlling for family status, need of treatment, educational

needs, location of close family and friends and nationality at

the time of immigration as well as year of immigration.

Keywords: Dispersal Policies; Refugee Immigrants; Natural Experiments

JEL-codes: J15; R23

47 pages, September 2, 2005

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