Taub Center

Donate

  • About Us
    • Mission, Vision and History
    • Researchers and Staff
    • Board of Directors and General Assembly
    • Policy Program Fellows
    • International Advisory Council
    • Organizational Policies
    • Job Opportunities
  • Research and Publications
    • What research areas interest you?
      • All Research
      • Economics
      • Health
      • Welfare
      • Education
      • Labor Markets
    • What type of content are you looking for?
      • Videos
      • Podcasts
      • Press Releases
    • What topics are trending?
      • #Israel at War
      • #Early Childhood
      • #Environment and Health
      • #Demography
  • Activities and Impact
    • Events
    • Impact
    • Annual Report 2023
  • In the Media
    • Press Releases
    • Articles
    • Videos
  • Our Blog
  • Contact Us
    • General Contact Information
    • Request a Lecture
  • Main Publications
    • State of the Nation Report
    • A Picture of the Nation
Newsletter
  • English
  • עברית

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and stay up to date
הודעת דוא"ל זו אינה חוקית
Choose
Terms of Use Privacy Policy

Home Page » Researches » Social Welfare Expenditure

Social Welfare Expenditure

December 2015
Download Full Study

Author

ג’וני גל

John Gal

Principal Researcher and Welfare Policy Program Chair

Bio >

 

This chapter surveys developments in government allocations for social welfare since the beginning of the millennium, with an emphasis on the past year. Over the last year, housing and cost of living difficulties stood at the center of public political discourse. The Committee for the War on Poverty, established at the initiative of the previous government, released its recommendations, and these included a significant expansion of the social welfare system. Despite this, the government budget did not include the planned increase in social security and social services expenditures. In fact, recent years have seen either a continued decline in actual spending, or a stable low level of expenditure for a substantial portion of the social welfare system. Striking examples of this are National Insurance Institute expenditures for child allowances and income support, as well as the expenditure of the Ministry of Construction and Housing. In contrast, there has been a continuous increase in expenditures on social security for the elderly and for those with disabilities, on spending by the Ministry of Social Services and Social Affairs on households under its care, and on assistance to Holocaust survivors.

This paper appears as a chapter in the Center’s annual publication, State of the Nation Report 2015, Dov Chernichovsky and Avi Weiss (editors).

More research on this topic

Welfare System Performance During the War and Policy Proposals

Welfare System Performance During the War and Policy Proposals

The full research is available in Hebrew only. With...

John Gal Shavit Ben-Porat Yael Ovadia
Who Provides Welfare and Education Services? Local Spending on Welfare and Education in Israel

Who Provides Welfare and Education Services? Local Spending on Welfare and Education in Israel

Local elections are just around the corner, prompting the...

John Gal Adi Tarabeih
The Welfare System During a Period of Dramatic Political Change

The Welfare System During a Period of Dramatic Political Change

Since the end of the COVID-19 crisis, political changes...

John Gal Shavit Ben-Porat Adi Tarabeih
The October War and Its Impact on Israel’s Society and Economy

The October War and Its Impact on Israel’s Society and Economy

In this chapter, Taub Center researchers review the impact...

Taub Center researchers

About  

  • Mission, Vision and History
  • Researchers & Staff
  • Board of Directors and General Assembly
  • Fellows
  • Organizational Policies
  • Job Opportunities

Research

  • State of the Nation Report
  • A Picture of the Nation
  • All Research
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Health
  • Welfare
  • Labor Markets

Additional content

  • Blog
  • Our Videos
  • Podcasts
  • Infographics
  • Annual Report 2023

Activity and impact

  • Events
  • Impact
  • Press Releases

Contact

  • Contact Us
  • Request a Lecture

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter and stay up to date
הודעת דוא"ל זו אינה חוקית
Terms of Use Privacy Policy

anova :web development