Stay Updated

Sign up to the Institute's Newsletter

Fill in your details and we will be in touch

interests
Close
  • English
    • עברית
  • About
    • The Institute
    • Staff
    • Partners
    • Media & Press
    • Policy Impact
    • Annual Reports
    • Support Us
    • Contact Us
    • Join: Mailing List
  • Services
    • Data Services
    • Evaluation Research
    • Strategic Consulting
  • Research
    • Recent Publications
      • column
        • Sliwan | 2020
        • Shuafat | 2020
        • Ras al-‘Amud | 2020
        • Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2020 – At a Glimpse
        • Migration to and from Jerusalem 2017 | 2020
        • The Arab Neighborhoods in East Jerusalem – Abu Tor | 2019
        • Quality of Life in Jerusalem | 2019
        • If Palestinians Start Voting in Municipal Elections | 2019
        • All Publications
    • Projects
      • column
        • Christians and Christianity in Jerusalem
        • Fellows Programs
        • The Jerusalem Database
        • The Gov. City
        • Mapping East Jerusalem Neighborhoods
        • Shared Spaces in Jerusalem
        • Socio-economic policy for East Jerusalem
        • Tourism in Jerusalem
        • Urban Sustainability
        • The Separation Fence
        • Sustainability Outlook 2030
        • All Projects
    • Topics
      • column
        • Coronavirus
        • Population
        • Statistics and Data
        • Society and Community
        • Jewish – Arab Relations and Conflict
        • Urban communities and cities
        • East Jerusalem
        • Tourism
        • The Government of Israel (Policy)
        • ֵEmployment
        • Environmental policy
        • All Topics
  • Databases
    • Yearbook
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Our Publications
    • Institute’s News
    • Blog
    • Digital Archive
  • Events
    • Future Events
    • Past Events
  • Contact Us
Jerusalem Institute For Policy Research Jerusalem Institute For Policy Research
  • About
    • The Institute
    • Staff
    • Partners
    • Media & Press
    • Policy Impact
    • Annual Reports
    • Support Us
    • Contact Us
    • Join: Mailing List
  • Services
    • Data Services
    • Evaluation Research
    • Strategic Consulting
  • Research
    • Recent Publications
      • column
        • Sliwan | 2020
        • Shuafat | 2020
        • Ras al-‘Amud | 2020
        • Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2020 – At a Glimpse
        • Migration to and from Jerusalem 2017 | 2020
        • The Arab Neighborhoods in East Jerusalem – Abu Tor | 2019
        • Quality of Life in Jerusalem | 2019
        • If Palestinians Start Voting in Municipal Elections | 2019
        • All Publications
    • Projects
      • column
        • Christians and Christianity in Jerusalem
        • Fellows Programs
        • The Jerusalem Database
        • The Gov. City
        • Mapping East Jerusalem Neighborhoods
        • Shared Spaces in Jerusalem
        • Socio-economic policy for East Jerusalem
        • Tourism in Jerusalem
        • Urban Sustainability
        • The Separation Fence
        • Sustainability Outlook 2030
        • All Projects
    • Topics
      • column
        • Coronavirus
        • Population
        • Statistics and Data
        • Society and Community
        • Jewish – Arab Relations and Conflict
        • Urban communities and cities
        • East Jerusalem
        • Tourism
        • The Government of Israel (Policy)
        • ֵEmployment
        • Environmental policy
        • All Topics
  • Databases
    • Yearbook
      • 2020
      • 2019
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
    • Our Publications
    • Institute’s News
    • Blog
    • Digital Archive
  • Events
    • Future Events
    • Past Events
  • Contact Us
  • English
    • עברית

Polarized Labor Integration: East Jerusalem Palestinians in the City's Employment Market (Summary)

Pub no. 469

Main Publications Polarized Labor Integration: East Jerusalem Palestinians in the City’s Employment Market (Summary)

Summary

Publication Year: 2017

Authors:

Dr. Marik Shtern

This paper examines the labor market for East Jerusalem Palestinians in the Israeli arena in the context of the urban space shared by the two parts of the city. Its aim is to provide a factual, statistical foundation to describe the labor market for East Jerusalem residents in its entirety, with attention to spatial distribution and to the characteristics of employed persons, including characterization of their work in East and West Jerusalem. The data will help us understand the extent of economic and employment interdependence between the two parts of the city, how this reciprocity shapes relations between the population groups, and its repercussions for the ethno-national character of Jerusalem for years to come.

Conclusions

A spatial analysis of the employment of Palestinian residents of Jerusalem across several phases during the period 1967-2015, with special attention to the past decade (2001-2015), offers significant new insights regarding the profile of Palestinians employed in the city and polarized yet reciprocal economic relations between the city’s two population groups – relations that have continuously been forming and falling apart over the years. Examining where each population group is concentrated in the city’s labor market reveals that the overall picture has not changed substantially over time. It has remained essentially stable for nearly five decades.

Recommendations

Positive changes along these lines require employee power relations that are not overtly and immutably biased in one direction, with Arabs filling all the lower-ranking positions and Jews holding managerial and supervisory positions. In terms of reciprocal relations between the two population groups, the key issue is the status of Jewish and Palestinian workers who share a workspace: Do they meet as administrator and cleaner, or as two physicians in a clinic? As noted, our comparison across various periods of time indicates that the former situation is still the more prevalent. Likewise, it is important to break the glass ceilings that prevent the promotion of Palestinians to managerial and higher-paid positions.

Download PDF
Publications That Might Interest You

Polarized Labor Integration: East Jerusalem Palestinians in the City's Employment Market (Summary)

Pub no. 469

2017 | Authors: Dr. Marik Shtern

Separation from Palestinian Neighborhoods in East Jerusalem: Manager's Brief

| Authors: Meir Kraus

The Sheikh Jarrah Affair – The Strategic Implication of Jewish Settlement in an Arab Neighborhood in East Jerusalem

Pub no. 404

2010 | Authors: Dr. Lior Lehrs, Prof. Yitzhak Reiter

Download publication

Download PDF

Topics

  • Commerce and Economy
  • East Jerusalem
  • East Jerusalem Arabs
  • ֵEmployment
  • Industry
  • Jewish - Arab Relations and Conflict
  • Palestinians
  • Shared Spaces

Published As Part Of Project

Shared Spaces in Jerusalem

Recognizing that Jerusalem is a mixed city means thinking about and taking care ...
Link to source >

Projects That Might Interest You

Employment Research

The global labor market is expected to change significantly in the upcoming year...
Link to source >

Establishing a Socio-economic Policy for the Development of East Jerusalem

A lack of organized material exists pertaining to East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem ...
Link to source >

Mapping East Jerusalem Neighborhoods

East Jerusalem neighborhoods are for the most part ‘terra incognita’ for the gen...
Link to source >

The East Jerusalem Forum

Beginning in 1993, a team of researchers at the Jerusalem Institute for Policy R...
Link to source >
  • About
  • About the Institute
  • Staff
  • Services
  • Partners
  • Media & Press
  • Policy Impact
  • Annual Reports
  • Support Us
  • Contact Us
  • Services
  • Evaluation Research
  • Data Services
  • Strategic Consulting
  • Research
  • Projects
  • Publications
  • Topics
  • Databases
  • Publications Catalog
  • Statistical Yearbook
  • Projects Catalog
  • Blog
  • Contact Us
    • Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research
    • Radak 20 Rehavia, 9218604
    • Ph: 972-2-5630175, Fax: 972-2-5639814
    • info@jerusaleminstitute.org.il
    • Follow Us on Social Media
  • Follow Us on Social Media

Y&A בניית אתרים | עיצוב ממשק משתמש | פיתוח אפליקציות