Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Sami Miaari, Nabil Khattab

      Pages 1-7

3. The Persistence of Ethnic Penalties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. On the Reserve Bench: Palestinian Employees in Israel

      • Nabil Khattab, Sami Miaari

      Pages 11-36

   3. Combating Discrimination against Arab Palestinians in the Israeli Workplace: The Current Enforcement Failure and the Role of the Newly Established EEOC

      • Talya Steiner

      Pages 37-59

   4. The Persistent Wage Gaps between Palestinians and Jews in Israel, 1997–2009

      • Sami Miaari, Nabil Khattab

      Pages 61-84

4. The Changing Nature of Female Employment and Its Consequences

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Ethnicity, Gender, and Exclusion: Which Occupations Are Open to Israeli Palestinian Women?

      • Yuval Yonay, Vered Kraus

      Pages 87-109

   3. Changing Earnings Composition in Israeli-Palestinian Households: The Emergence of the Dual-Earner Family

      • Haya Stier

      Pages 111-130

   4. Israeli-Palestinian Women in the Retail Industry: Social Boundaries and Job Search Techniques

      • Erez A. Marantz, Alexandra Kalev, Noah Lewin-Epstein

      Pages 131-152

   5. The Welfare State as an Employer: An Unacknowledged Avenue of Opportunity for Palestinian Women in Israel

      • Michael Shalev, Amit Lazarus

      Pages 153-182

5. Segregation Matters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183

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   2. Barriers to Developing Employment Zones in the Arab Palestinian Localities in Israel and Their Implications

      • Rassem Khamaisi

      Pages 185-212

   3. Factors and Obstacles Impeding Economic Development within Palestinian Localities in Israel: The Case of the Food Industry

      • Khaled Abu Asbah, Muhammed Abu Nasra

      Pages 213-239

   4. Social and Spatial Examination of Palestinian Employment in Israel in Single Municipalities

      • Ilan Shdema

      Pages 241-261

6. Back Matter

   Pages 263-275

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Bringing together important contributions from leading Israeli Jewish and Palestinian scholars, this comprehensive and multi-disciplinary volume addresses the most recent developments and outcomes of the labor market integration of the Palestinian minority inside Israel.

• employment
• gender
• Integration
• labor market
• Nation
• nature
• occupations
• participation
• Segregation
• women

'Ten original research articles . . . provide a contemporary picture of not only the work of Palestinian Israeli citizens, but also the dual Israeli economy and labor market, one Jewish and one Arab . . . . Geography, economics, law, and sociology are brought together to describe and provide a detailed understanding of a situation the authors challenge . . . Recommended.' - Choice

"Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this important volume fills a gap in knowledge about Palestinian citizens in the Israeli labor market. Original chapters provide detailed analysis of economic integration and the regional processes involved, while the volume as a whole offers a useful overview. Recommended for scholars, students, and policy makers interested in ethnicity, labor market issues, and minority-majority relations." - Anthony Heath, University of Oxford, UK

"Nabil Khattab and Sami Miaari have assembled a multi-disciplinary team to systematically examine the inequalities between Jews and Palestinians in the Israeli labor market. The result is a multi-faceted volume, which provides an economic account of a racially divided country and offers insight into the sources of advantage and disadvantage." - Tariq Modood, Director, University Research Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Citizenship, University of Bristol, UK

"This is an valuable book that sheds new light on the diverse and unequal labor market experience of an important and under-researched minority, the Palestinian citizens of Israel. It will be of great interests to labor economists and sociologists as well as readers of Isreal/Palestine." - Leila Farsakh, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA

Nabil Khattab, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and University of Bristol, UK Sami Miaari, University of Tel-Aviv, Israel Haya Stier, Tel Aviv University, Israel Michael Shalev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Noah Lewin-Epstein, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Vered Kraus, University of Haifa, Israel Yuval Yonay, University of Haifa, Israel Rassem Khamaisi, University of Haifa, Israel Alexandra Kalev, Tel Aviv University, Israel Khaled Abu Asbah, Beit Berl and Al-Qasemi Academic Colleges, Israel Ilan Shdema, Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, Israel Amit Lazarus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Talya Steiner, Israeli Democracy Institute (IDI) and Harvard Law School, USA Muhammad Abu-Nasrah, Massar Institute for Social Research Erez Marantz, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

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