Unemployment and Violent Extremism : Evidence from Daesh Foreign Recruits

Abdel Jelil, Mohamed ; Bhatia, Kartika ; Brockmeyer, Anne ; Do, Quy-Toan ; Joubert, Clement

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: TERRORISM;    UNEMPLOYMENT;    RADICALIZATION;    INCLUSION;    EXTREMISM;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8381
RP-ID  :  WPS8381

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Transnational terrorist organizationssuch as the Islamic State group (also known as ISIS/ISIL orDaesh) have shown an ability to attract radicalizedindividuals from many countries to join their ranks. Using anovel data set that reports countries of residence andeducational levels of a large sample of Daesh's foreignrecruits, this paper finds that a lack of economicopportunities -- measured by unemployment ratesdisaggregated by country and education level -- explainsforeign enrollment in the terrorist organization, especiallyfor countries that are geographically closer to the SyrianArab Republic.