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.
Israel’s Economy: A Macro Perspective
28.11.2013Data for 2012 and early 2013 point to a reasonable level of growth in GDP, a stable unemployment rate, and a continued...
- Eran Yashiv
Educational Opportunity, Employment, and Income: 1995-2008
22.11.2013The following questions are addressed: Did the expansion of the Israeli education system during this period contribute to more equal...
- Eyal Bar-Haim Carmel Blank Yossi Shavit
Labor Productivity in Israel
13.11.2013The country is one of the developed world’s leaders in innovation, a central component in the productivity growth that drives...
- Dan Ben-David
Poverty and Inequality Over Time: In Israel and in the OECD
13.11.2013Contrary to conventional wisdom, Israeli rates of poverty and inequality in disposable incomes are very high – compared with developed...
- Dan Ben-David Haim Bleikh
Israel’s Treatment of Insolvent Debtors
13.09.2013A study on Israel’s treatment of insolvent debtors by Dr. Asher Meir, a Research Fellow at the Taub Center for...
- Taub Center Staff
Jailing Debtors
13.05.2013In contrast, the harm to consumers is great and there is evidence that imprisoning debtors and the various negative sanctions...
- Asher Meir
Privatization of Social Services in Israel
21.03.2013Prof. Reuben Gronau, a Policy Fellow in the Taub Center’s Economic Policy Program and an economist at the Hebrew University,...
- Taub Center Staff
Gridlock on the Roads and in Israel’s Priorities
13.03.2013Whether the focus is productivity, income inequality, housing, or a host of other serious challenges facing Israel, one common underlying...
- Taub Center Staff