The Taub Center Economic Policy Program examines the leading issues facing the Israeli economy in both the short and long terms as well as in the global context, with emphasis on the factors behind Israel’s economic and social trends. The research looks at topics such as economic growth, productivity, infrastructure, human and physical capital, government activity, inflation and the cost of living, the underground economy, and the credit market.
Economic Downturn, Growth, and the State Budget – 1998-99
13.12.2010The effects of the decrease in immigration from the former Soviet Union, the restraint, and high real interest rates were...
- Zvi Sussman
Public Expenditures: A look at Israel’s National Priorities
13.07.2010Why are Israel’s rates of poverty and disparity so high and what caused them to rise over the past several...
- Taub Center Staff
A Macro Perspective of Israel’s Society and Economy
13.04.2010However, Israel entered the recession in a relatively good economic state and appears to also be coming out of the...
- Dan Ben-David
A Macro Perspective of the Economy and Society in Israel
13.04.2010This chapter surveys macroeconomic developments in Israel during 2011 and discusses the difference between cyclical/temporary problems and structural problems. It...
- Eran Yashiv
Public Expenditures – A Look at Israel’s National Priorities
13.04.2010But the relatively higher civilian expenditures did not prevent rates of poverty and income inequality from rising higher than is...
- Dan Ben-David