title: Expectations, information, and migration:  the case of the West Bank and Gaza.
abstract: "This study evaluates the determinants of Palestinian migration from the West Bank and Gaza.  Data are employed for the post-1967 period of Israeli rule to specify and test competing models as well as the strucure of expectations in the migration decision.  Results of the analysis support a simple static expectation formulation, as is consistent with much of the short-term, low mobility cost migration between the West Bank and Jordan.  Findings further point to the importance of various Israeli-Palestinian economic and political economic interactions in the determination of this controversial movement of population, including those associated with employment opportunity for Palestinian labour in Israel, elements of Israeli West Bank settlement policy and changes in local standard of living.  Various policy implications of the research are indicated."
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D001211:Asia, Western; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D004651:Employment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007557:Israel; D007597:Jordan; D008877:Middle East; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Arab Countries; Asia; Comparative Studies; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Employment; Evaluation; Evaluation Report; Gaza Strip (palestine); International Migration; Israel; Jordan; Macroeconomic Factors; Mediterranean Countries; Migration--determinants; Models, Theoretical; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Dynamics; Settlement And Resettlement; Socioeconomic Factors; Standard Of Living; Western Asia