Summary of Findings – Israel’s Social Services 2004

Main findings are presented in the following areas: Economic Developments and Government Expenditure; Education; Health Care; Personal Social Services; Transfer Payments – The National Insurance System; The 2004 Social Survey; The Erosion of Low Salaries and Increasing Poverty Among Working Families; Employment, Unemployment and Welfare Policy; Educational Streaming: Classrooms and Groups – A Recommendation for Changing Teaching Methods; Mental Health Care Reform.

This paper appears as a chapter in the Center’s annual publication, Israel’s Social Services 2004, Yaakov Kop (editor).