The effect of parental job loss on child school dropout: Evidence from the Occupied Palestinian Territories

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Di Maio, Michele; Nistico, Roberto
• 署名单位: Parthenope University Naples; University of Naples Federico II
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102375
• 发表日期: 2019
• 关键词: job loss; School dropout; CONFLICT; Second Intifada; Occupied Palestinian Territories; Israel

摘要

We study the effect of parental job loss on child school dropout in developing countries. We focus on Palestinian households living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and having the household head employed in Israel during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). We exploit quarterly variation in conflict intensity across districts in the OPT to instrument for Palestinian workers' job loss in Israel. Our 2SLS results show that parental job loss increases child school dropout probability by 9 percentage points. The effect varies with child and household characteristics. We provide evidence that the effect operates through the job loss-induced reduction in household income.