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| Contributor | Luay Shabaneh, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics |
| Title of paper | Impact of Labor Shock on the Women Participation in the Labor Force: Palestinian Experience |
| Abstract | This paper seeks to quantify the distortion in the size and structure of labor force as a result of a labor shock (sudden increase in labor supply). The analysis considers the Palestinian case to describes the main factors affecting woman labor supply and demand in the Palestinian labor market during Al-Aqsa Intifada. The ongoing quarterly labor force household survey (LFS), which is conducted since 1996, will be the main source of data. Some other data sources including the economic surveys series will be also utilised. Comparative analysis approach will be adopted to investigate the distortion in the labor force based on the available statistics before and after the labor shock resulted from closing the Israeli boarders and imposing the internal siege on the Palestinian communities. This includes investigating the impact of exogenous change in Palestinian labor flows to Israel as a result of changes in Israel permit policy, security controls and border closures. Analysis will include also the distortion in the woman labor force participation rate, rate of discouraged workers by age group, changes in the internal distribution of employed women by employment status and its indication in relation to the size of non-observed economy (informal sector), distribution by occupation and in the local market, and distribution by economic activities. The results of the LFS will be calibrated using available data to generate quantitative estimates of the impact on employment levels, unemployment and wages of employed women. The comparative static results will be used to indicate whether an increase in labor flows to Israel raises the domestic Palestinian wages and to investigate the distortion in the potential opportunities of women in the local market as a result of the increase of male labor supply during the labor shock. |
| Full document | Impact of Labor Shock on the Women Participation in the Labor Force: Palestinian Experience |
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