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Do losses trigger deliberative reasoning?
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Munro, David - 2022
There is a large literature evaluating the dual process model of cognition, including the biases and heuristic it implies. To advance this literature, we focus on what triggers decision makers to switch from the intuitive process (aka System 1) to the more deliberative process (aka System 2)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198848
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Could education promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?
Attar, Mayssun el - 2009
situation of peace, highly educated individuals are more strongly affected by current depressed economic conditions in Palestine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900857
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The shape of things to come? : Assessing the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings
Jaeger, David A. (contributor);  … - 2007
In this paper we assess the effectiveness of suicide attacks and targeted killings in the Second Intifada. We find evidence that the targeted killings of Palestinian leaders by Israel reduce realized Palestinian violence. We find, however, that intended Palestinian violence is increasing at low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003610112
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The struggle for Palestinian hearts and minds : violence and public opinion in the second intifada
Jaeger, David A.; Klor, Esteban F.; Miaari, Sami H.; … - 2008
This paper examines how violence in the Second Intifada influences Palestinian public opinion. Using micro data from a series of opinion polls linked to data on fatalities, we find that Israeli violence against Palestinians leads them to support more radical factions and more radical attitudes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003688787
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Comparative essay on returns to education in Palestine and Turkey
Tansel, Aysıt; Daoud, Yousef - 2011
This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period … Palestine. The median ratio of male to female return is 0.55 (university) in 2004 and decreased to 0.17 (high school) in 2008 in … Palestine. The corresponding figures for Turkey are 0.79 and .082 (both for high school).Finally, it was found that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009311995
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Learning the hard way : the effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement
Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; Miaari, Sami H. - 2014
We study the effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the probability to pass the final high-school exam for Palestinian students in the West Bank during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). By exploiting within-school variation in the number of conflict-related Palestinian fatalities during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010415444
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The effect of prenatal stress on birth weight : evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada
Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I. - 2011
No previous study has attempted to estimate the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict, a potential source of stress, on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, we examine the relationship between fatalities caused by Israeli...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232431
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Israel, the Palestinian factions, and the cycle of violence
Jaeger, David A. (contributor);  … - 2006
In this study we extend our previous work to examine the dynamic relationship between violence committed by Palestinian factions and that committed by Israel during the Second Intifada. We find a statistically significant relationship between Israeli fatalities claimed by groups associated with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253461
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The cycle of violence? : An empirical analysis of fatalities in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
Jaeger, David A. (contributor);  … - 2005
This paper studies the dynamics of violence in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict since the outbreak of the Second (or "Al-Aqsa") Intifada in September 2000, during which more than 3,300 Palestinians and more than 1,000 Israelis have been killed. The conflict has followed an uneven pattern, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003189630
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How civilian attitudes respond to the state's violence: lessons from the Israel-Gaza conflict
Loewenthal, Amit; Miaari, Sami H.; Abrahams, Alexei - 2021
States, in their conflicts with militant groups embedded in civilian populations, often resort to policies of collective punishment to erode civilian support for the militants. We attempt to evaluate the efficacy of such policies in the context of the Gaza Strip, where Israel's blockade and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648941