Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/119385 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
Economics of Security Working Paper No. 59
Publisher: 
Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW), Berlin
Abstract: 
Following the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000, Israel imposed severe restrictions on the employment of Palestinians within its borders. We study the effect of this policy change on the involvement of West Bank Palestinians in fatal confrontations during the first phase of the Intifada. Identification relies on the fact that variation in the pre-Intifada employment rate in Israel across Palestinian localities was not only considerable but also unrelated to prior levels of involvement in the conflict. We find robust evidence that localities that suffered from a sharper drop in employment opportunities were more heavily involved in the conflict.
Subjects: 
Employment Restrictions
Political Violence
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
JEL: 
F52
H56
J23
J48
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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