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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico

Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - 2000

Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely to settle permanently in the United States, (2)...

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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico

Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

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Comparative essay on returns to education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; 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 …

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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...

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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...

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Aid and Radicalization: The Case of Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza

Loewenthal, Amit; Miaari, Sami H.; Hoeffler, Anke - 2021

In this paper we study how radical political factions secure support. In order to achieve their objective of gaining support, radical political factions can choose from a number of specific strategies. They can provide financial assistance and generate a reciprocal relationship with their...

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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. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959646

Comparative Essay on Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey

Tansel, Aysit; Daoud, Yousef - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246704

The Effects of Israeli Policies on Palestinians' Basic Needs in the Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem

Parigi, Marta; Oskorouchi, Hamid R. - 2024

This study quantitatively evaluates conclusions of NGOs, UN agencies, and the International Court of Justice denouncing the purported practices of apartheid by Israel. We gauge the impact of Israeli policies on Palestinian basic needs using a bespoke index and a novel instrumental variable...

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Could education promote the Israeli-Palestinian peace process?

El-Attar, Mayssun - 2009

situation of peace, highly educated individuals are more strongly affected by current depressed economic conditions in Palestine …

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