This appears as a chapter in the Center’s annual publication State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2010.
Posts Tagged ‘inequality’
Income Inequality in Israel
2 Oct 2011Fewer workers who work more – with a lower standard of living
31 May 2011In Israel, a lesser share of people work than is common in the West. Those who are employed work more hours a week than do workers in most other OECD countries while the country’s average standard of living is lower than in the majority of OECD countries.
Changes in Healthcare System Allocation to Promote Equality Between the Center and the Periphery. Is It for Real?
16 Mar 2011From the beginning of the year the healthcare system has been implementing a new capitation formula that is intended to narrow the large gaps between the Center and the periphery and bring about changes to the advantage of the periphery. Unfortunately, the implementation will not bring the desired change primarily because it does not into consideration the representation of the sick funds in the periphery, their ability to compete, and their ability to move resources from the Center to the periphery while expanding their services.
Higher Education, Less Employment Inequality
30 Jan 2011Regardless 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.
How Healthy?
21 Sep 2010A comparative look at Israel, the U.S. and the OECD that might surprise you.
Mind the Gap: An Inside Look at Israel’s Education System
21 Sep 2010Affirmative action policies have managed to reduce resource inequalities between different socioeconomic groups within school sectors, but have been much less successful in reducing inequalities between sectors.
Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Urban Centers? Evidence from Israel
13 Sep 2010This 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.
A “Malignant Growth” in the Share of Private Expenditure for Healthcare and Its Price
25 Jul 2010The achievements of the Israeli healthcare system have been exposed in the past decade to an increasing risk following the steady decrease in the share of public funding of the system, and a corresponding rise in the share of private funding.
Dental Health: The Burden on Households – Implications for National Health Insurance
30 May 2010The study recommends a process for including dental health care in National Health Insurance, with the required budgetary back-up that will be required. This process is likely to bring real relief in the medium and long-range in terms of an improvement in dental health in Israel and a savings in national expenditure for dental health.
Israel’s Education System – An International Perspective and Recommendations for Reform
13 Apr 2010This chapter compares the educational system over the last decade in relation to OECD countries.
This paper appears in the Center’s annual publication - State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2009.
Israel’s Education System – A Domestic Perspective
13 Apr 2010Demographic developments within the educational system indicate the arrival over the threshold of a new situation in which pupils in the Jewish State school system will be a minority of the overall pupil population.
This paper appears in the Center’s annual publication - State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2009.
The Healthcare System
13 Apr 2010The key characteristics of Israel’s health care system are the continued increase of the share of private funding in the overall funding of the health care system and the subsequent increase in the provision of private services.
This paper appears in the Center’s annual publication - State of the Nation Report – Society, Economy and Policy 2009.
Ethnic Minorities and Rural Income Inequality: The Case of Israeli Arabs
23 Feb 2010In order to succeed in reducing per capita income inequality, schooling-enhancing policies should be directed at the lower end of the schooling distribution, while fertility-reducing policies should be directed at high-fertility households.
Unequal and Unsustainable
7 Feb 2010Israel has one of the highest rates of poverty and income inequality in the world.
Inequality in Education: Israel 2009 – The Way It Is
27 Dec 2009The gaps between the weaker pupils and the stronger ones and between Jewish and Arab pupils are still large and unacceptable from a social and ethical perspective and are critical from an economic standpoint.
Male Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: A Decomposition Analysis
15 Dec 2009Differentiating 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 [...]
Social Economic UPDATE XIII
21 May 2008Inequality in Health and in the Health System
3 Sep 2007This monograph examines health statistics and the widening gaps between geographical areas in Israel as well as between socio-economic groups in their abilities to access quality health care and makes concrete recommendations for dealing with this growing and problematic social issue.
Equity and Accessibility to Emergency Medical Services
13 Nov 2005This study examines the distribution of emergency services and makes policy recommendations.
In Hebrew
Inequality in Israeli Education
20 Nov 2003This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report 2003.
Sticking Together: The Israeli Experiment in Pluralism
25 Feb 2002In Sticking Together an Israeli and an American examine the many challenges confronting Israel’s experience with pluralism.
A joint research project of the Brookings Institution and the Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.
Unifying and Dividing Elements in the Israeli Education System
24 Nov 1998This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report 1998.
In Hebrew only
Equity in the Israeli Health System
14 Dec 1997This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report for 1996. An English version is available.
Inequality in Education in Israel
14 Dec 1997This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report for 1996. An English version is available.
Inequality in Income Distribution
14 Dec 1997This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report for 1996. An English version is available.
Economic Inequality
14 Dec 1997This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report for 1996. An English version is available.
Private Medical Services in Public Hospitals: Situation and Assessment
23 Feb 1996In Hebrew only
Basic Commodity Subsidies and Income Distribution
18 Nov 1989This paper appeared in the Center’s annual social economic report 1988-1989. An English version is available.
Economic Inequality in Israel 1977-1982
17 Feb 1985In Hebrew only