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Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records

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  • Brockmeyer,Anne
  • Do,Quy-Toan
  • Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard
  • Abdel Jelil,Mohamed
  • Bhatia,Kartika

Abstract

Global terrorist organizations attract radicalized individuals across borders and constitute a threat for both sending and receiving countries. The paper provides plausibly-identified evidence on the drivers of transnational terrorist recruitment. Using unique personnel records from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, a.k.a. Daesh), it shows how economic opportunities and migration costs interact to explain the spatial pattern of foreign participation in the terrorist group. Poor labor market opportunities generally push more individuals to join Daesh, but they hamper recruitment in countries far away from the organization?s headquarters, as migration costs are large and liquidity constraints may bind.

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  • Brockmeyer,Anne & Do,Quy-Toan & Joubert,Clement Jean Edouard & Abdel Jelil,Mohamed & Bhatia,Kartika, 2018. "Transnational Terrorist Recruitment : Evidence from Daesh Personnel Records," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8381, The World Bank.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:8381
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    1. Nicola, Brugali & Paolo, Buonanno & Mario, Gilli, 2018. "Political Regimes and the Determinants of Terrorism and Counter-terrorism," Working Papers 384, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, revised 13 Jul 2018.

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