The Arab Minority in Israel's Economy: Patterns of Ethnic Inequality by Noah Lewin-Epstein & Moshe Semyonov

Author:Noah Lewin-Epstein & Moshe Semyonov [Lewin-Epstein, Noah & Semyonov, Moshe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781000278729
Goodreads: 49789686
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-11T00:00:00+00:00

Concluding Remarks

In the first part of this chapter we pointed out that the lack of employment opportunities in the Arab sector generated large-scale commuting of Arab workers to Jewish-dominated labor markets. Consequently, the dependence of Arab individuals on the Jewish economy has risen. Our analysis of Census data revealed that Arabs employed outside the Arab sector acquire lower socioeconomic status than Arabs employed in Arab communities. We argued that the observed socioeconomic gap largely represents employer discrimination against Arab workers. This interpretation received substantive support in the latter section of the chapter in which we described processes at the micro-level. Quite clearly what we observed is the presence of two distinct ethnic groups competing for social and economic rewards, albeit with unequal resources. This competition is conducive to the emergence of labor market discrimination. Indeed, the illustrations provided above indicate that Arabs are systematically excluded from many firms, and especially from advantageous positions involving greater degrees of autonomy and authority.

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