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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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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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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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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
Palestinian students in the West Bank during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). By exploiting within-school variation in the number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959646
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Learning the hard way: The effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement
Brück, Tilman; Maio, Michele Di; Miaari, Sami H. - Households in Conflict Network - 2014
Palestinian students in the West Bank during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). By exploiting within school variation in the number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930245
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Climate change and security in the Israeli–Palestinian context
Feitelson, Eran; Tamimi, Abdelrahman; Rosenthal, Gad - In: Journal of Peace Research 49 (2012) 1, pp. 241-257
The Middle East is among the least stable and most fragile regions. It is not surprising, therefore, that concerns have been raised regarding the potential implications of climate change. This article critically examines the potential interactions between climate change and conflict in the...
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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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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
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Relaxing Israeli restrictions on Palestinian labour: Who benefits?
Flaig, Dorothee; Siddig, Khalid; Grethe, Harald; … - In: Economic Modelling 31 (2013) C, pp. 143-150
Palestinian workers have been employed in low-skilled jobs in Israel for decades. The second Intifada, from 2000 …
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