The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 297)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 297)
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In this sense, the military labor force can be simultaneously in and
not-in the civilian labor force. Also, as a result of this definition,
the absorption into the military indirectly provides the masking of unem-
ployment.
As a case in point, Quarterly Economic Review - Israel reports:
",..as the risk of unemployment grows, unemployment in fact
fell from 3.5 percent in the first quarter of 1975 to 3.0
in the second. Such slack as existed was still being masked
by the demands of the military service which had absorbed the
surplus population (115,000 since 1973); while the labor
force had expanded during the same period by only 35,000." 35
Another evidence of the correlation between military mobilization and
the masking of unemployment is illustrated by Ibrahim Oweiss in Table 4
and Figure 3, showing that unemployment reached its highest level prior to
the 1967 War. A drastic decline in unemployment occurred immediately in
the third quarter of 1967, which was followed by a steady decline until
it reached a full employment zone.°° Oweiss is thus also saying that in
Israel, war efforts not only absorb a substantial part from the labor
supply, hence masking unemployment rates, but also (especially when
accompanied by territorial expansion) they stimulate production, thus
creating further demand for labor; and further, the increase in military
production generates even more jobs. The correlation between militariza-
tion and promoting employment multiplier effect has been best demonstrated
in the American economy (Leontief) and the world economy (Kidron).
This brings us directly to the next point, which is the difficulty
involved in distinguishing the civilian from military labor force, result-
ing from the increasingly systematic and comprehensive integration of
civilian and military production since the 1967 War. - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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