Evidence about the link between education, poverty and terrorism among Palestinians

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Berrebi, Claude ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Hamas; Poverty; Suicide attacks; Suicide bomber; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849049635     PISSN: 10792457     EISSN: 15548597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1554-8597.1101     Document Type: Article

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