Economic Downturn, Growth, and the State Budget – 1998-99

13.12.2010

The effects of the decrease in immigration from the former Soviet Union, the restraint, and high real interest rates were...

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  • Zvi Sussman

Teach Your Children Well

22.11.2010

Preliminary research conducted by Taub Center Deputy Director Prof. Ayal Kimhi that will appear in the Center’s next State of...

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  • Taub Center Staff

Trends in Welfare Benefits and Services

20.09.2010

In the area of welfare benefits and services, 2009 was a year of changing trends alongside the creation of a...

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  • Taub Center Staff

Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Urban Centers? Evidence from Israel

14.09.2010

Migration flows can be affected by differential wages, housing costs and other amenities, and by commuting costs and costs of...

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  • Ayal Kimhi Sarit Menahem

Income Inequality Between and Within Population Groups: 1997-2010

14.09.2010

At most, these gaps can explain a fifth of total inequality, while the remaining 80 percent are within population sub-groups....

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  • Ayal Kimhi Michal Shafir-Tidhar

How Healthy?

14.09.2010

The Israeli health system has shown notable achievement in improving outcomes for all citizens both in absolute and relative terms...

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  • Taub Center Staff

Education, Employment and Long-Term Trends

22.07.2010

The State of Israel faces several severe problems in the socio-economic realm: high levels of poverty and income inequality, and...

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  • Taub Center Staff

How Minimum the Wage, How Negative the Tax?

14.07.2010

Israel already has some of the highest rates of non-employment in the western world.  Its high rates of poverty and...

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  • Taub Center Staff