The Shadow Economy in Israel
22.12.2014It is estimated that halving the size of the shadow economy would increase state revenues by 3-4 percent of GDP,...
- Noam Gruber
Patterns of Expenditure on Food in Israel
20.12.2014This chapter attempts to define the normative per capita expenditure on food in Israel; the normative expenditure refers to one...
- Dov Chernichovsky Eitan Regev
Social Expenditure Tables
20.12.2014This section of the State of the Nation Report contains data tables aggregated by the Taub Center on final budget...
- Sagit Azary-Viesel Yulia Cogan
Poverty Within the Elderly Population in Israel
20.12.2014While there has been an increase in poverty among the general population, the findings point to a decline in poverty...
- Haya Stier Haim Bleikh
Welfare Budgets for Israel’s Elderly Population
20.12.2014The review points to an increase in the allowances provided by the National Insurance Institute and the success of these...
- Sagit Azary-Viesel Haya Stier
Labor Income Inequality Trends in Israel
14.12.2014This period witnessed a growing return, or yield, on education, a factor which could lead to a rise in labor...
Labor Market Reform in Israel and the Flexicurity Option
14.12.2014Flexicurity countries have higher levels and faster growth in labor productivity and the gap between these countries and Israel has...
- Dan Ben-David Liora Bowers
Financing and Work Force Issues in Israel’s Healthcare System
14.12.2014Both of these problems pose a risk to Israel's good performance with regard to its population’s health. In contrast to...
- Dov Chernichovsky Eitan Regev