TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Schiff, Maurice
        TI  - Trade Policy and Labor Services: Final Status Options for the West Bank and Gaza
        PY  - 2004/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1029
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1029
        AB  - This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to
trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy
(NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP
with all its neighbors, but only under the condition that the trade policy be open, transparent,
and enforced by a credible lock-in mechanism; otherwise, a CU with Israel may be
preferable; iii) the PA should establish a system of fee-based permits for Palestinian labor
working in Israel, and iv) the PA should consider allowing access by Jordanian workers to the
WBG labor market.
        KW  - labor services
KW  - free trade agreement
KW  - customs union
KW  - unilateral liberalization
KW  - West Bank and Gaza
        ER  -