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Transnational Terrorist Recruitment: Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records

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  • Anne Brockmeyer

    (Institute for Fiscal Studies, University College London, World Bank and CEPR)

  • Quy-Toan Do
  • Clément Joubert

    (World Bank (Research Department))

  • Kartika Bhatia

    (ASPIRE India)

  • Mohamed Abdel Jelil

    (World Bank (Human Development Unit))

Abstract

Global terrorist organizations attract radicalized individuals across borders and constitute a threat for both sending and receiving countries. We use unique personnel records from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) to show that unemployment in sending countries is associated with the number of transnational terrorist recruits from these countries. The relationship is spatially heterogeneous, which is most plausibly attributable to travel costs. We argue that poor labor market opportunities generally push more individuals to join terrorist organizations, but at the same time, limit their ability to do so when longer travel distances imply higher travel costs.

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  • Anne Brockmeyer & Quy-Toan Do & Clément Joubert & Kartika Bhatia & Mohamed Abdel Jelil, 2023. "Transnational Terrorist Recruitment: Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(5), pages 1092-1109, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:restat:v:105:y:2023:i:5:p:1092-1109
    DOI: 10.1162/rest_a_01161
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    1. Subhayu Bandyopadhyay & Todd Sandler, 2024. "A Theoretical Treatment of Foreign Fighters and Terrorism," Working Papers 2024-011, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

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