Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/196707 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12209
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We study the effect of parental job loss on child school dropout in developing countries. We focus on Palestinian households living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and having the household head employed in Israel during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). We exploit quarterly variation in conflict intensity across districts in the OPT to instrument for Palestinian workers' job loss in Israel. Our 2SLS results show that parental job loss increases child school dropout probability by 9 percentage points. The effect varies with child and household characteristics. We provide evidence that the effect operates through the job loss-induced reduction in household income.
Subjects: 
job loss
school dropout
conflict
Second Intifada
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Israel
JEL: 
H56
I20
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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