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The labour market impact of mobility restrictions: Evidence from the West Bank
Calì, Massimiliano; Miaari, Sami H. - Households in Conflict Network - 2012
Using data on Israeli closure in the Palestinian West Bank, we provide new evidence on the labour market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. We exploit the fact that the placement of physical barriers by Israel was exogenous to local labour market conditions and find a causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010598224
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The labour market impact of mobility restrictions: Evidence from the West Bank
Cali, Massimiliano; Miaari, Sami - European Regional Science Association - 2013
The efficient mobility of goods and labour is one of the most important features of a functioning economy. Using data on Israeli closures inside the West Bank, we provide new evidence on the labour market effects of conflict-induced restrictions to mobility. These restrictions operated through a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010740330
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Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations
Miaari, Sami H.; Zussman, Asaf; Zussman, Noam - Households in Conflict Network - 2010
We study the effect of the second Intifada, a violent conflict between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors which … pre-Intifada period hired both Arabs and Jews. Our analysis demonstrates that until September 2000 Arab workers had a … of the Intifada. We argue that the most likely explanation for this pattern is increased anti-Arab discrimination among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534420
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КОНСТИТУЦИОННО-ПРАВОВЫЕ МЕХАНИЗМЫ ВОЗДЕЙСТВИЯ ИЗРАИЛЯ И ПАЛЕСТИНЫ НА ОСУЩЕСТВЛЕНИЕ ИСПОЛНИТЕЛЬНОЙ ВЛАСТИ...
КАВАСМИ, БАССАМ АХМЕД - In: Бизнес в законе. … (2009) 3, pp. 218-224
Данная статья посвящена основным особенностям Конституционно-правового механизма Израиля и Палестинской автономии на современном этапе. Рассматриваются...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011224656
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The spoiler effect: Framing attitudes and expectations toward peace
Sheafer, Thamir; Dvir-Gvirsman, Shira - In: Journal of Peace Research 47 (2010) 2, pp. 205-215
This study analyzes the impact of media framing on aggregate attitudes and expectations of Israelis toward the Oslo peace process with the Palestinians during a time period of eight years (1995-2003). It presents three main contributions: First, it provides a long-term analysis of the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855409
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The Arab economy in Israel: dependency or development?
Khalidi, Raja J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1984
This study aims at discerning the extent to which Arab economic behavior is effectively separate from that of the Israeli economy as a whole: is the Arab sector simply a regional or "national" branch of the Israeli economy, or does it rest on foundations which are distinctive and autonomous?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871171
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Social Crisis Prevention: A Political Alert Index for the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Palma, André De; Perali, Federico; Picard, Nathalie; … - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Facoltà di Economia - 2013
and the international media coverage of publicly sensitive circumstances. We implement our method to the Israel-Palestine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700764
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Social Crisis Prevention: A Political Alert Index for the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Palma, André De; Perali, Federico; Picard, Nathalie; … - Théorie Économique, Modélisation, Application … - 2013
and the international media coverage of publicly sensitive circumstances. We implement our method to the Israel-Palestine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010665131
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Youth Unemployment, Terrorism and Political Violence, Evidence from the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
Caruso, Raul; Gavrilova, Evelina - Network of European Peace Scientists - NEPS - 2011
This paper analyzes the relationship between youth unemployment and Palestinian violence. First a qualitative explanation of the underlying mechanism is given. Eventually, empirical results suggest that there is a positive association between the growth rate of youth unemployment and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010840262
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Troubling waters: the Jordan River between religious imagination and environmental degradation
Peppard, Christiana - In: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 3 (2013) 2, pp. 109-119
Rivers are essential, environmental circulatory systems. They are also polyvalent repositories for religious and cultural meanings. This essay wades into the murky waters of the Jordan River and charts its shape from sociopolitical, environmental, and religious perspectives. Hovering in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010846209