The Palestinian Economy. Theoretical and Practical Challenges

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Labour Force Instability and Employment Hardship in the Palestinian Territory Basim Makhool Abstract: This paper analyses the determinants of labour force instability and employment hardships using individual data drawn from the Labour Survey of 2003. The principal objective is to determine the factors affecting the status of the participants in the labour force. More specifically, socioeconomic characteristics of the individuals play a role in the hardships that they might face in the labour market. The statistical analysis shows significant differences in the labour force status that can be accounted for by differences in observed supply and demand side’s characteristics. It was found that there are penalties of being a female, young, unmarried, and less educated, or reside in economically disadvantaged areas. JEL classification: J21, J64 Keywords: Employment hardship, multinomial logistic functions, labours force. An-Najah National University, Nablus Palestine. The author would like to thank Sara Al-Haj for her great assistance in the data analysis.
396 Makhool 1. Introduction Labour markets in the West Bank and Gaza witnessed drastic changes during the last two decades. These changes resulted from the sharp decline of Palestinians working in the Arab Countries, and Israel, and the latest Israeli repressive measures started since the third quarter of 2000. The end results of such changes were sharp increase in unemployment, poverty, and further marginalisation of marginalised groups. Huge efforts and resources, by the PNA, donor countries and NGOs, were designated to reduce unemployment and poverty but with limited success so far. To meet the demands of the changing labour markets, it is important for human resources management to improve and enhance their knowledge of the labour force, including its components, and understanding the determinants of the status of labour force members. Such understanding would help in guiding efforts and resource to groups and areas that suffer the most. The objective of this paper is to address in the best way the following questions about the characters and correlates of labour force instability: Are there gender differences in the probability of being in the three different labour force categories (LFS hence after): full time employment, part time employment and unemployment? To what extent demographic factors (gender, age, and marital status) affect LFS? To what extent human capital factors (mainly education) affect LFS? To what extent geographical factors affect LFS? Finally, are there significant differences between rural and urban individuals in the determinants of labour force status? The paper begins with a review of key indicators of the labour force in the Palestinian Territory. Section 3 summarizes the theoretical arguments and literature review. The model and data are presented in section 4, followed by the results in section 5. Conclusions are presented in section 6.
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