The effect of political violence on religiosity

Asaf Zussman*

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Abstract

This paper studies how politically motivated violence associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Arab-Israeli conflict affects religiosity among Jews and Muslims in Israel. In order to explore this relationship I link data from the Israeli Social Surveys to information on Israeli conflict-related fatalities by date and location of survey interviews. The analysis, which covers the period 2002-2010, yields robust evidence that violence makes both Jewish and Muslim Israelis self-identify as more religious.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)64-83
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Volume104
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2014

Keywords

  • Israel
  • Political violence
  • Religiosity

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