The Taub Center Labor Market Policy Program examines the functioning of the Israeli labor market, with a focus on topics such as employment, wages, income inequality, and the labor market of the future. The research analyzes differences between different population groups; by gender, ethnic group, age, level of education, employment sector, occupation, and more, both over time and relative to other countries. The Taub Center’s research in this area has in recent years focused on topics such as the top wage decile in Israel, working from home, returns to education in the labor market, employment and the level of happiness among the elderly, the overeducation of workers, the increased participation of women in the work force, Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) in the labor market, and discrimination in employment.
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
Education and Employment in the Haredi Sector
22.11.2013A new and more precise method of identifying the Haredi population was developed, enabling a deeper analysis as well as...
- Eitan Regev
Women in the Labor Force: The Impact of Education on Employment Patterns and Wages
14.11.2013Education plays a major role in explaining women’s labor force participation patterns as well as the changes that have occurred...
- Haya Stier Efrat Herzberg
Employment and Income Trends Among Older Israelis
13.11.2013This chapter looks at the changes that occurred in the employment patterns and economic status of Israel’s older adults between...
- Ayal Kimhi Kyrill Shraberman
Israelis Working More, Making Less
22.09.2013Hence, average Israeli incomes are lower than would be expected given the country’s innovative ability. A country’s total economic output...
- Taub Center Staff
Is the Israeli Labor Market Segmented?
13.08.2013This allows us, in effect, to compare the low-wage and high-wage segments after “purging” the “noisy” observations. Assigning workers to...
- Ayal Kimhi Ezra Fishman