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How Is the COVID-19 Crisis Exacerbating Socioeconomic Inequality among Palestinians in Israel?

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  • Miaari, Sami H.

    (Tel Aviv University)

  • Sabbah-Karkabi, Maha

    (University of Haifa)

  • Loewenthal, Amit

    (University of Potsdam)

Abstract

The paper gives us a first look on the unique effects of the crisis on the Arab minority in Israel. It contributes to our understanding on how economic and epidemic crises affect marginalized ethnic minorities and informs decision makers while formulating policies to deal with the crisis's consequences. The results of the paper show significant differences between how this minority group was affected by the crisis compared to the majority-Jewish population. Two months into the crisis, there was no significant difference between the employment rate of low and middle-paid Arab workers, who both suffered employment decreases, but in similar rates. This result is contrary to Jewish workers, where the more workers were paid before the crisis, the more likely they were to remain employed. The research is based on a unique survey conducted during the months of April and May, intended the first wave of a panel survey conducted every 3 months during the coming two years.

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  • Miaari, Sami H. & Sabbah-Karkabi, Maha & Loewenthal, Amit, 2020. "How Is the COVID-19 Crisis Exacerbating Socioeconomic Inequality among Palestinians in Israel?," IZA Discussion Papers 13716, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    1. Miaari, Sami H. & Khattab, Nabil & Sabbah-Karkabi, Maha, 2020. "Obstacles to Labour Market Participation among Arab Women in Israel," IZA Discussion Papers 13572, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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    1. Kohnert, Dirk, 2021. "L'impact du Brexit sur Israël et les États arabes voisins en période de crise du COVID-19 [The impact of Brexit on Israel and neighbouring Arab states in times of the COVID-19 crisis]," MPRA Paper 109101, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Kohnert, Dirk, 2021. "The impact of Brexit on Israel and neighbouring Arab states in times of the COVID-19 crisis," MPRA Paper 109153, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Palacios-Lopez,Amparo & Newhouse,David Locke & Pape,Utz Johann & Khamis,Melanie & Weber,Michael & Prinz,Daniel, 2021. "The Early Labor Market Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries : Evidence from High-Frequency Phone Surveys," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9510, The World Bank.

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      Keywords

      COVID-19; inequality; minorities;
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      JEL classification:

      • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
      • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
      • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

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