Unemployment and Violent Extremism Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits
Transnational terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State group (also known as ISIS/ISIL or Daesh) have shown an ability to attract radicalized individuals from many countries to join their ranks. Using a novel data set that reports countries of residence and educational levels of a large samp...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C
The World Bank
2018
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Series: | World Bank E-Library Archive
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Collection: | World Bank E-Library Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Transnational terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State group (also known as ISIS/ISIL or Daesh) have shown an ability to attract radicalized individuals from many countries to join their ranks. Using a novel data set that reports countries of residence and educational levels of a large sample of Daesh's foreign recruits, this paper finds that a lack of economic opportunities-measured by unemployment rates disaggregated by country and education level-explains foreign enrollment in the terrorist organization, especially for countries that are geographically closer to the Syrian Arab Republic |
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Physical Description: | 33 pages |