A heated debate focused on the impact of multiculturalism and ethnic heterogeneity on welfare state generosity has emerged in recent years. At the center of the debate is the argument that ethnic heterogeneity undermines support for the welfare state for several reasons. Prominent among these is...

The central issue -- Tale of the bell curve -- The economics of settlement -- The Palestinian economy -- The economics of hate -- The archetype and the algorithm -- Hidden light -- Peace now -- Games of war and holiness -- The central importance of Benjamin Netanyahu -- Land for war -- Time for...

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...