Labor exports from Palestine to Israel: a boon or bane for the West Bank economy

J. Agbahey, Khalid Siddig and Harald Grethe

No 277252, 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: Palestinian employment in Israel has benefited for a long time both Palestinian and Israeli economies. However, this win-win situation is hampered by the tight security-related restrictions introduced by Israel in the 1990s. Assuming that in a final settlement of the conflict those restrictions will be reduced, this paper uses a CGE framework including a new and comprehensive database to assess the effects of restoring the Palestinian employment in Israel to its pre-intifada level. The results show a strong reduction in Palestinian unemployment, strong welfare improvements for households and substantial changes in the composition of the labor force in the domestic labor market. Acknowledgement :

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277252

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