Behind Israel’s Middle Class Protest – Not Just a Gut Feeling
22.12.2012Spontaneous protests over economic conditions usually break out among disadvantaged populations, as occurred in Israel with the “Black Panther” riots...
- Taub Center Staff
The Privatization of Social Services in Israel: Considerations and Concerns
22.12.2012This chapter examines whether the statistical data supports this concern. The picture of the scope of social services that have...
- Reuben Gronau
The Cost of Social Welfare: Israel in Comparative Perspective
20.12.2012Compared to the five Western European countries included in this research, Israel’s public social expenditure is low, and in most...
- Michael Shalev Sagit Azary-Viesel John Gal
Reforming Foreign Worker Employment in Israel
14.12.2012This new arrangement authorized the hiring of foreign workers on a fixed-quota basis, subject to various fees and employment levies,...
- Yoram Ida
Israel’s Healthcare System
14.12.2012Rather than aiding the public part of the system to cope with the challenge, the State has exacerbated the situation...
- Dov Chernichovsky Eitan Regev
Labor Market Trends: Employment Rate and Wage Disparities
13.12.2012Over the past few decades, the decline in male employment was concentrated amongst the less educated, while the rise in...
- Ayal Kimhi
The Impact of the Expected Tax Rate Changes on the Middle Class
13.12.2012In light of the current budget situation, the Israeli government decided to raise the VAT by 1 percent as of...
- Ayal Kimhi Kyrill Shraberman
The Start-Up Nation’s Threat from Within
13.12.2012Three main vantage points are brought together in this chapter: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years –...
- Dan Ben-David