Jointly but Severally: Arab-Jewish Dualism and Economic Growth in Mandatory Palestine
利用新估算的阿拉伯社区国民账户数据,比较托管巴勒斯坦阿拉伯与犹太经济部门的表现,发现阿拉伯经济虽增长但慢于犹太经济,而生产率进步对阿拉伯增长的相对贡献更大,且政治冲突对经济关系影响较小。
Newly estimated national accounting data for the Arab community are utilized to provide a comparative economic profile of the Arab and Jewish sectors in mandatory Palestine's dual economy. It is shown that the Arab economy grew substantially, but at a much slower rate than the Jewish economy. Productivity advance, however, seems to have made a significantly larger relative contribution to Arab growth. General and specific dualistic features of Arab-Jewish trade and their growth promoting effects are also explored, suggesting that the political conflict between the two communities played only a minor role in shaping their economic interrelationship and performance.