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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...

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Main Authors: Abdel Jelil, Mohamed, Bhatia, Kartika, Brockmeyer, Anne, Do, Quy-Toan, Joubert, Clement
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:
TERRORISM
UNEMPLOYMENT
RADICALIZATION
INCLUSION
EXTREMISM
VIOLENCE
DAESH
ISIL
ISIS
RECRUITMENT
FANATICS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/967561522155860057/Unemployment-and-violent-extremism-evidence-from-Daesh-foreign-recruits
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29561
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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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