Working Papers
Effect of Witnessing House Raids and Arrests on Child Behavior: Evidence From Israeli Palestinian Conflict
No.
1437
Publisher
ERF
Date
December, 2020
Topic
I1. Health
I3. Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
This study utilizes self-reported data on exposure to conflict, collected in the West Bank, to examine the exposure effect of house raid or arrest of household members on child behavior. We show that exposed children are more likely to engage in violent behaviour. We also show that the exposure effect is independent of gender and that the magnitude of the effect is greater for older children. We propose that altering personality traits, mainly neuroticism and agreeableness, is a channel through which the exposure to house raid or arrests adversely affect children behavior.
Authors
Sameh Hallaq
Assistant Professor, Al-Quds University
Authors
Belal Fallah
Assistant Professor, Economics at the Department of...