
Arab-Israeli murder rate third highest in developed world
10.02.2025The Taub Center findings showed the stark rise in the number of (non-terror) murders and the rate at which they happened....

New study finds extended reserve service taking major toll on Israeli children, as is displacement
04.02.2025A new survey by the Israeli Taub Center for Social Policy Studies think tank examines the effects of this reserve duty on the spouses and the...

Israel’s health system showing ‘impressive’ resilience during war, report finds
14.01.2025But Taub Center researchers say that with workforce shortage, budget cuts, and 15,000 soldiers who now suffer from stress-induced trauma, the system faces serious challenges...

Report shows effect of war on the Israeli labor market
12.01.2025A new report from Israel's Taub Center for Social Policy Studies analyzed the effects of the ongoing war on the Israeli labor market....

Reservists on IDF duty at record levels, jobs slump
08.01.2025"The decline in employment among Arabs and haredim is concerning given the well-known challenges these populations face in the labor market," according to a report...

Jerusalem’s economic woes: Israel’s deficit increased twice initial predictions
01.01.2025Israel's national deficit has climbed more than anticipated (4.1%) and is expected to continue to climb through 2025 to 9% by some estimates, partially due...

Magnesium, which is vital to health, is lost when sea water is converted to fresh water – report
29.12.2024Conducted by researchers of Taub’s Initiative for Research and Policy on Environment and Health, the study was led by Maya Sadeh and included Prof. Nadav...

A year after Oct. 7, depression, anxiety and stress still plague families of reservists, displaced people, Arab parents — study
01.10.2024A new study by the Taub Center for Social Policy in Israel found that parents whose partners were serving in the reserves suffered higher levels...

Depression and anxiety: New research reveals impact of war on preschool children
30.09.2024A new Taub Center study, which focuses on the emotional and behavioral effects of October 7 and the ongoing war on preschool children and their parents,...

Amid deep uncertainty, it’s back to school – but not back home – for northern evacuees
31.08.2024According to data recently released by the Taub Center, some 68,500 Israelis have been evacuated from northern communities, settling around Israel in rented apartments, hotels...

Israel has high birth rates, right? And that’s great, right? Think again!
03.07.2024We spoke to Professor Alex Weinreb, Research Director at the Taub Center in Jerusalem and an expert in demography.He had some fascinating and surprising things...

‘Gaps in language development widening among young children’
18.06.2024When toddlers who grow up in disadvantaged homes reach the age of two or three, they have already fallen behind their peers from age of...

New study examines factors determiningmarriage and family size in Israel’s complexsociety
21.04.2024A new study from the Taub Center for Social Studies Research in Jerusalem examines the factors that determine marriage and family size in Israel’s complex...

The difference between macro/micro inflation during the war in Israel
21.04.2024The Media Line spoke to Professor Avi Weiss, president of the Taub Center for Social Policy Research in Israel and professor of economics at Bar-Ilan...

Many Israeli healthcare professionals who have been treating trauma are themselves traumatized
15.04.2024Since October 7, healthcare professionals in medicine, mental health, education, welfare, first responders and rescue workers face such great difficulties in getting help to those...

World Social Work Day: Gaza war puts heavy burden on Israel’s overworked social workers
19.03.2024During the war, the population in need of social worker assistance grew significantly—in the hotels housing the evacuated, in treatment centers, and in various settlements...

Researchers call to reform long-term care as Israelis live longer
05.04.2024The elderly population in Israel is rapidly growing with longevity expected to continue to rise, creating a need for a better-coordinated system for long-term care...

Study finds narrowing gap in state spending on Jewish and Arab high school students
05.04.2024In the Taub Center study, which was released Thursday, researchers analyzed Education Ministry data on high schools from 2014 to 2022....

Homicides in Israeli Arab societies rising at unprecedented rate – study
11.02.2024Crime among Israeli Arab society has been rising at an unprecedented rate in the past year, with 2023 seeing more than double the number of...

Israeli population growth slowing as fertility rates continue to fall – report
22.01.2024Between 2018 and 2022, the average fertility rate for Jews dropped from 3.17 to 3.03 children per woman, according to the Taub Center’s demography expert,...

Taub Center: Israel is burning up, and it’s not from rocket fire
08.01.2024The risk of mortality due to exposure to high temperatures is increasing in Israel, according to a new report by the Taub Center for Social...

Students lack understanding of democracy due to waning interest in civics
01.01.2024In a 38-page, English-language report, principal researcher and chairman of the Taub Center Education Policy Program – Nachum Blass – took a close look at...

Severely battered: War, political crisis take toll on Israel’s economy
29.12.2023“The war was a huge breaking point for the economy which is still ongoing,” said Professor Benjamin Bental, principal researcher and Economics Policy Program chair...

Haredi families above poverty line get more vouchers than others below line
27.12.2023The COVID-19 pandemic, the October 7 Hamas onslaught, and the war in Gaza have created huge social needs, but state expenditures on these services have...