| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Trial Status | Before in_development | After completed |
| Field Last Published | Before November 01, 2023 02:35 PM | After August 13, 2025 05:55 PM |
| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Intervention Completion Date | Before | After January 31, 2024 |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
| Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After 3348 respondents |
| Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
| Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 3348 respondents |
| Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After 3348 respondents |
| Field Public Data URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15322600 |
| Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After No |
| Field Program Files | Before | After Yes |
| Field Program Files URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15322600 |
| Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After January 31, 2024 |
| Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After Yes |
| Field Public analysis plan | Before No | After Yes |
| Field Public locations | Before No | After Yes |
| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Affiliation | Before LMU Munich and ifo Institute | After University of Innsbruck and ifo Institute |
| Field | Before | After |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Understanding refugees’ destination choices is key to designing appropriate policies, but little is known about this beyond correlational patterns and the effects of isolated policy changes. To derive causal evidence on how destination country characteristics affect refugees’ destination choices, we conducted a forced-choice conjoint experiment among 3,348 Ukrainian refugees across Europe. In the survey experiment, refugees repeatedly chose between two hypothetical countries that varied on eight relevant attributes. Ukrainian refugees are uniquely suited to study the relative importance of different host country attributes as they have the right to choose in which member state of the European Union they apply for temporary protection. We find that job opportunities are a much stronger driver of destination choice than social assistance. A one SD increase in average wages makes it 16.4 percentage points more likely that the country is chosen in the survey experiment, while a corresponding increase in social assistance increases the probability of the country being chosen by only 4.5 percentage points. The ease of finding a job matching one’s qualifications is valued even more than having friends or family and knowing the language of the country. We also find strong sorting in that respondents who value knowing the language and job opportunities in our survey experiments are also more likely to have settled in countries where this is the case. Conjoint experiments can be used to assess refugees’ anticipated migratory responses to proposed policy changes. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Adema, Joop, Lasha Chargaziia, Yvonne Giesing, and Panu Poutvaara (2025), Refugees from Ukraine value job opportunities over welfare. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122 (32): e2502420122. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2502420122 |
| Field | Before | After |
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| Field Sponsor Name | Before | After Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (Grant no. 0703/89372/2921) |
| Field Sponsor Location | Before | After Munich, Germany |
| Field Sponsor Website (URL) | Before | After https://www.stmwi.bayern.de/english/ |
| Field Public | Before | After Yes |