The Taub Center Social Welfare Program analyzes the various social welfare programs from the perspectives of structure, availability, accessibility, and coverage; it assesses the extent to which the target populations are aware of their rights and able to utilize them; and it compares the social welfare programs in Israel to those in other welfare states. The studies carried out by the Taub Center in this area deal with topics such as social investment programs, privatization of the social welfare system and the place of civil society organizations within the system, the participation of Arab children in early childhood education and care frameworks, poverty and inequality, and the situation of senior citizens and their place in the labor market.
Personal Social Services – 2005
15.12.2007The challenge these services face is complex. The proportion of households, children, and elderly under the poverty line has been...
- Yaakov Kop
Immigrant Integration in the Social Security System
28.10.2007The social welfare system is intended to insure a minimum standard of living for all members of society and particularly for...
- John Gal Roni Barzuri
Reform in Immigrant Integration: The Move from Institutional Absorption to Direct Integration into the Community
15.08.2007New immigrants began what was called a "direct integration track" into the community. More than one million immigrants were dealt...
- Elazar Leshem
Privatizing Public Housing: A Change or a Continuation of Housing Policy
15.08.2007Since then, the number of apartments in public housing has declined rapidly. In the year 2006, it was estimated that...
- Eliyah Werczberger
Partial Privatization of the Personal Social Services
15.08.2007This is not a new phenomenon. Privatization has been happening at different levels and at different rates in many service...
- Yosef Katan
Formulating Welfare Policy in Israel, 2000-2005
15.08.2007Among the principle factors were: the political ideological changes in the years 2000-2005; the radical change in the welfare system;...
- Avraham Doron
A Safety Net Full of Holes: Changing Policy Towards Israel’s Social Assistance Program
15.08.2007Despite the existence of social welfare programs that address the specific needs of various populations - the unemployed, people with disabilities,...
- John Gal Netta Achdut
Formulating Social Policy in Israel: Trends and Issues
15.08.2007Policy setting is characterized by priority setting, by choices between options and by decision making that directs activities and behaviors...
- Uri Aviram John Gal Yosef Katan