Food for thought: rising prices in Israel’s food industry
Israelis feel it in their pocketbooks – living in Israel is expensive. High prices on basic necessities combined with low…
Read MoreThe Cost of Living in Israel: An International Comparison and Historical Perspective
Over the last few years, there has been a lively public discussion surrounding the cost of living in Israel, and…
Read MoreThe Socioeconomic Situation of Young Adults in Israel
This chapter examines the developments in the social and economic characteristics of young adults ages 18-34 in Israel since 1995,…
Read MoreA monthly struggle to make ends meet
Taub Center research shows that expenditures exceed income for the vast majority of Israeli households – across population groups and…
Read MoreVote Smart Israel – Cost of Living
The Policy Brief series Vote Smart Israel highlights data from some of Israel’s burning issues in 2015: housing, education, health, and the…
Read MoreMeat and Competition
Where is the competition? Click here to read more about food and cost of living.
Read MoreBack to Basics: Material Hardship in Israel
About one-fifth of Israeli households lived below the poverty line in 2011.
Read MoreA new Taub Center study on Israel’s treatment of debtors finds that the current system impedes competition in the credit market and imposes unnecessary hardship on debtors
A study on Israel's treatment of insolvent debtors by Dr. Asher Meir, a Research Fellow at the Taub Center for…
Read MoreThe Land of (Expensive) Milk and Honey
A summer of protests – high prices, low incomes, and a growing realization of what is only the tip of…
Read MoreHave a Good – and Expensive – Trip
Israel’s Highway 6 is appreciably more expensive than comparable U.S. toll roads.
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