The Shadow Economy in Israel

22.12.2014

It is estimated that halving the size of the shadow economy would increase state revenues by 3-4 percent of GDP,...

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  • Noam Gruber

Patterns of Expenditure on Food in Israel

20.12.2014

This chapter attempts to define the normative per capita expenditure on food in Israel; the normative expenditure refers to one...

Social Expenditure Tables

20.12.2014

This section of the State of the Nation Report contains data tables aggregated by the Taub Center on final budget...

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  • Sagit Azary-Viesel Yulia Cogan

Poverty Within the Elderly Population in Israel

20.12.2014

While there has been an increase in poverty among the general population, the findings point to a decline in poverty...

Welfare Budgets for Israel’s Elderly Population

20.12.2014

The review points to an increase in the allowances provided by the National Insurance Institute and the success of these...

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  • Sagit Azary-Viesel Haya Stier

Labor Income Inequality Trends in Israel

14.12.2014

This 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

14.12.2014

Flexicurity countries have higher levels and faster growth in labor productivity and the gap between these countries and Israel has...

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  • Dan Ben-David Liora Bowers

Financing and Work Force Issues in Israel’s Healthcare System

14.12.2014

Both of these problems pose a risk to Israel's good performance with regard to its population’s health. In contrast to...