Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250649 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14988
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We examine the relationship between socio-economic characteristics and voting patterns among Arabs in Israel. We combine panel data on 73 Arab localities with election results and socio-economic indicators for seven election years between 1996 and 2015. Exploiting variation in political preferences and socio-economic status between localities across time, we find that both demographic transition and improvements in standards of living are associated with a decrease in the proportion of Israeli Arabs voting for Jewish-majority parties and a rise in their electoral support for Arab Parties. We also find that the decrease in voter turnout among Arabs following the political effects of the Second Intifada may have been only circumstantial. Our results suggest that Arabs in Israel are becoming more politically independent, as a result of social, political and economic modernization.
Subjects: 
Israel
elections
Arabs
political economy
JEL: 
D01
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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