Employment Restrictions and Political Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Arbeitspapier

Following the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000, Israel imposed severe restrictions on the employment of Palestinians within its borders. We study the effect of this policy change on the involvement of West Bank Palestinians in fatal confrontations during the first phase of the Intifada. Identification relies on the fact that variation in the pre-Intifada employment rate in Israel across Palestinian localities was not only considerable but also unrelated to prior levels of involvement in the conflict. We find robust evidence that localities that suffered from a sharper drop in employment opportunities were more heavily involved in the conflict.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Economics of Security Working Paper ; No. 59

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; National Security; Economic Nationalism ; National Security and War ; Labor Demand ; Particular Labor Markets: Public Policy
• Subject: Employment Restrictions ; Political Violence ; Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Miaari, Sami ; Zussman, Asaf ; Zussman, Noam
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/119385
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