Palestinians in the Israeli Labor Market

Nabil Khattab, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel and University of Bristol, UK Sami Miaari, University of Tel-Aviv, IsraelHaya Stier, Tel Aviv University, IsraelMichael Shalev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelNoah Lewin-Epstein, Tel-Aviv University, IsraelVered Kraus, University of Haifa, IsraelYuval Yonay, University of Haifa, IsraelRassem Khamaisi, University of Haifa, IsraelAlexandra Kalev, Tel Aviv University, IsraelKhaled Abu Asbah, Beit Berl and Al-Qasemi Academic Colleges, IsraelIlan Shdema, Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University, IsraelAmit Lazarus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IsraelTalya Steiner, Israeli Democracy Institute (IDI) and Harvard Law School, USAMuhammad Abu-Nasrah, Massar Institute for Social ResearchErez Marantz, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

'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

• Foreword; Moshe Semyonov Introduction; Sami Miaari and Nabil Khattab PART I: THE PERSISTENCE OF ETHNIC PENALTIES 1. On the Reserve Bench: Palestinian-Arabs in the Israeli Labour Market; Nabil Khattab and Sami Miaari 2. Combating Discrimination against Arab Palestinians in the Israeli Workplace: The Current Enforcement Failure and the Role of the Newly Established EEOC; Talya Steiner 3. The persistent Wage Gaps between Arabs and Jews in Israel, 1997-2009; Sami Miaari and Nabil Khattab PART II: THE CHANGING NATURE OF FEMALE EMPLOYMENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES 4. Ethnicity, Gender, and Exclusion: Which Occupations Are Open to Israeli Palestinian women?; Vered Kraus and Yuval Yonay 5. Changing Earnings Composition in Israeli-Palestinian Households: The Emergence of the Dual-earner Family; Haya Stier 6. Beyond Local Culture and Politics: The New Consumerism Industry and Changing Labor Force Participation of Palestinian Women; Erez Marantz, Alexandra Kalev, and Noah Lewin-Epstein 7. The Welfare State as an Employer: An Unacknowledged Avenue of Opportunity for Palestinian Women in Israel; Michael Shalev and Amit Lazarus PART III: SEGREGATION MATTERS 8. Barriers for Development of Employment Fields in the Arab Localities and Their Implications; Rassem Khamaisi 9. Factors and Obstacles Impeding Economic Development within Palestinian Localities in Israel: The Case of the Food Industry; Khaled Abu-Asbah and Muhammad Abu-Nasrah 10. Social and Spatial Examination of Arabs' Employment in Israel Using a Single municipality Scale; Ilan Shdema