Employment restrictions and political violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict

•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 with Israelis during the first phase of the...

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Published in:Journal of economic behavior & organization 2014-05, Vol.101, p.24-44
Main Authors: Miaari, Sami, Zussman, Asaf, Zussman, Noam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arab Israeli relations
Arab-Israeli conflict
Borders
Boundaries
Conflict
Economic behaviour
Economic theory
Employment
Employment restrictions
Identification
Intifada
Israel
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Labor economics
Locality
Middle East
Palestinian Authority
Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Palestinians
Participation
Policy Reform
Political behaviour
Political Violence
Rebellions
Studies
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Summary:•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 with Israelis 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. 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 with Israelis 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.
ISSN:0167-2681
1879-1751
DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2014.02.002