Policy Paper:NEET among Young Arabs in Israel
NEET among Young Arabs in Israel Israeli Democracy Institute. May 2017.
NEET among Young Arabs in Israel Israeli Democracy Institute. May 2017.
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 negative effect of these barriers on employment, wages and days worked per month. On the other hand the barriers had a positive impact on the number of hours per working day. These effects…