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| 20,000 Palestinians Working In Settlements, Survey Finds | ||
| 2013-08-16 | ||
| [Jpost] Survey finds comparatively high unemployment rate in the West Bank and Gazoo Strip; rates higher for men than women. Unemployment in the West Bank and the Gazoo Strip remains relatively high, according to a survey published by the Paleostinian Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The survey also showed an increase in the number of Paleostinians working in Israel and settlements.
In both areas, the unemployment rate for women was 33.6% and 17.6% for men, the survey showed. The public sector employed 22.5% of those in employment: 36.2% in the Gazoo Strip and 16.4% in the West Bank. According to the survey, the average daily wage for employees in the West Bank stood at NIS 88.6 compared with NIS 63.2 in the Gazoo Strip.
Of these, almost half of the Paleostinians had a work permit, while 34,000 worked without a permit. The number of Paleostinian workers employed in settlements increased from 16,000 in the first quarter of this year to 20,000 in the second quarter. Most of the Paleostinians employed in Israel and the settlements work in the construction sector, according to the survey. The survey found that Paleostinians working in Israel and the settlements are paid more than twice the salary than what they receive from Paleostinian employers. | ||
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