Project Draft Paper
Effect of Witnessing House Raids and Arrests on Child Behavior: Evidence from Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Date
October, 2020
This study utilizes self-reported data on exposure to conflict, collected in the West Bank, to examine the exposure effect of house raid and arrests on child behavior. We show that exposed children, regardless of the sex, are more likely to involve in violent fight. We also show that the exposure effect increases by student age. We propose that altering personality traits, mainly neuroticisms and agreeableness, is a channel through which the exposure to house raid and arrests adversely affect children’s behavior.
Authors
Sameh Hallaq
Assistant Professor, Al-Quds University
Authors
Belal Fallah
Assistant Professor, Economics at the Department of...