Youth unemployment, terrorism and political violence, evidence from the Israeli/Palestinian conflict

Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Caruso, Raul ^a   Gavrilova, Evelina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Israel; Palestine; Political violence; Terrorism; Youth unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867777109     PISSN: 10792457     EISSN: 15548597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1554-8597.1254     Document Type: Article

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