A book of pictures containing 66 readily accessible graphs and tables based on Taub Center research – one per page, accompanied by a brief explanation.
Three main vantage points are brought together in this chapter: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years – at least, in comparison with other Western countries that have still not emerged from the recession; (2) motivations for the wave of social protests that erupted in Israel in the summer of 2011, and; (3) the big picture, which is the primary one, incorporating the first two vantage points with additional issues, and framing them within long-run and international contexts.
This chapter surveys macroeconomic developments in Israel during 2011 and discusses the difference between cyclical/temporary problems and structural problems. It also takes an in-depth look at possible solutions to the economy’s structural problems.
In light of the current budget situation, the Israeli government decided to raise the VAT by 1 percent as of September 2012, and to impose higher income tax rates and National Insurance payments on higher-earning Israelis starting in 2013. This paper examines the impact of this decision on the different strata of Israeli society.
The social protest of summer 2011 was largely one of younger Israeli-born Jews. The centrality of this group in the protests may be explained by trends in their socioeconomic position. Analysis of the period between 1995 and 2010 shows that in the five years prior to the summer of 2011, the income of the typical working family headed by a young Israeli-born Jew, relative to all Israeli households, declined to unprecedented levels.
Privatization of social services has become one of the most controversial issues in socioeconomic discourse in Israel. This chapter examines whether the statistical data supports this concern. The picture of the scope of social services that have been transferred is unclear: in the past decade there has been no significant change in the transfers from the government to the local authorities, the non-profits and the business sector, or in the relative contribution of public bodies involved in the provision of services.
A new Taub Center study by Michael Shalev documents the relative economic decline experienced by young, educated native-born Israelis who were at the forefront of the 2011 protests.
A Taub Center study reveals that based on a new methodology for studying the labor force recently introduced by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, unemployment among Arab Israelis is much higher than previous thought.
A study by Taub Center Executive Director, Dan Ben-David, shows that gasoline prices in Israel are higher than in most Western countries, primarily because of high Israeli taxes. The tax on a liter of Israeli gasoline exceeds the entire gas pump price of the same liter in the US.
In the future, the tasks of the water economy in Israel will be even more difficult than they are at present; hence the importance of examining the structure of the water economy and its suitability for the job and especially the strengthening of public participation in its on-going activities.
On September 18, 2011, the Taub Center convened an international conference on the Socioeconomic Impact of Education. Prof. Eric Hanushek participated in the conference and presented the “Impact of Educational Quality.”
On September 18, 2011, the Taub Center convened an international conference on the Socioeconomic Impact of Education. Prof. Topel participated in the conference and presented “Impact of Educational Attainment and Skills.”
The Taub Center’s annual State of the Nation Reports have put a bright spotlight on the impact that education has in determining living standards and income gaps. This document summarizes main points of this issue through a brief visual roadmap that underlines the importance of education for Israel’s society and economy, the state of the country’s education, and the implications.
On September 18, 2011, the Taub Center convened an international conference on the Socioeconomic Impact of Education. Prof. Gamoran participated in the conference and presented on “Improving the Education System – What Works?”
On Sunday, September 18, 2011, the Taub Center convened an international conference on the Socioeconomic Impact of Education – the first conference in the Herbert M. Singer Conference Series.
In the past the government subsidized water prices, particularly prices to agriculture. Recently all costs of the major suppliers – Mekorot and the urban corporations – have been covered by the payments of water users; but the state is still allocating significant sums to the water economy. In the last decade the lion’s share was allocated to supporting investment in sewage systems and recycling facilities. The budgets allocated to urban corporations and local authorities have also increased substantially. Recent developments indicate that the government will have to continue its budgetary support of the water economy in the coming years and that it can be expected that the regulatory aspects of the budget will grow in complexity. In Hebrew
The report provides a unique historical and international perspective of where Israel was, where it is now, and where it is headed – with some indication of the speed at which it is traveling and the implications and suggestions for a change of course.
Regardless of gender or sector, employment rates among those with less education are considerably lower than among the well-educated – while gaps in their employment rates are much greater as well.
This research explores the dependence of rural incomes on nearby urban centers. this dependence is mostly implied by rural-to-urban and/or urban-to-rural selective migration.
Despite being the home to many leading institutions and firms on the leading edge of the technological envelope, Israel is situated on national long-run social and economic trajectories that are not sustainable. These underlying trajectories, which have characterized the country for decades, are the focus here.
This chapter shows the allocations by areas of expenditure rather than by government ministries, as is customary in most other publications.
This paper appears in the Center’s annual publication -State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2009.
The report provides a unique historical and international perspective of where Israel was, where it is now, and where it is headed – with some indication of the speed at which it is traveling and the implications and suggestions for a change of course.
Differentiating between the sensitivity of income inequality to male income and female income, we find that total income inequality is less sensitive to female income variability or the level of female income than to male income variability or the level of male income. Decomposing inequality by income determinants, we find that uniform increases in education [...]
As the most recent government stepped into office (May 2009), the Taub Center put together a comprehensive program to deal with the underlying determinants of poverty, inequality and growth in Israel.
This is the Center’s annual publication that reviews changes and developments in the social services as well as resource allocation to the social services.
The Herbert M. Singer Annual Report Series on resource allocation to the social services, the State budget and the development of social services over the past year.
This updated and newly revised Fast Facts for the Busy Reader has all the handy information on Israel’s demographic and social make-up that you need to be informed. This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy user-friendly pamphlet contains updated statistics on Israel’s demography, health, education, infrastructure and more. This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
The Herbert M. Singer Annual Report Series
This is the Center’s annual report on the State budget, the economy and society. The 2003 report was dedicated to Herbert M. Singer.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
This handy pocket-sized pamphlet contains the basic demographic, economic and social data that help unravel the complexities of Israeli society.
This is a joint publication with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Government Expenditure for Social Services, Jimmy Weinblatt
National Expenditure on Education and Health, Yaakov Kop
Economic Inequality, Emanuel Sharon
Inequality in Income Distribution, Joseph Gabbay
Bequeathing of Economic Assets – Home Ownership, Seymour Spilerman
Inequality in Education in Israel, Chaim Adler, Nachum Blass
Equity in the Israeli Health System, Dov Chernichovsky, Arie Shirom
The Equality Dimension in the Activity of [...]
Social Service Expenditure in 1986/87: Where Do We Go From Here?, Israel Katz
Lessons from the Analysis of Social Expenditure, Yaakov Kop
The Social Services and Their Budgets, Yaakov Kop, Joel Blankett, Dalit Sharon, Gur Ofer, Haim Barkai
The Organization of Health Services in an Era of Economic Crisis, Joel Blankett, Kalman J. Mann, Aviva Ron, [...]