Behind Israel’s Middle Class Protest – Not Just a Gut Feeling

22.12.2012

Spontaneous protests over economic conditions usually break out among disadvantaged populations, as occurred in Israel with the “Black Panther” riots...

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  • Taub Center Staff

The Privatization of Social Services in Israel: Considerations and Concerns

22.12.2012

 This chapter examines whether the statistical data supports this concern. The picture of the scope of social services that have...

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  • Reuben Gronau

The Cost of Social Welfare: Israel in Comparative Perspective

20.12.2012

Compared to the five Western European countries included in this research, Israel’s public social expenditure is low, and in most...

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Reforming Foreign Worker Employment in Israel

14.12.2012

 This new arrangement authorized the hiring of foreign workers on a fixed-quota basis, subject to various fees and employment levies,...

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  • Yoram Ida

Israel’s Healthcare System

14.12.2012

Rather than aiding the public part of the system to cope with the challenge, the State has exacerbated the situation...

The Start-Up Nation’s Threat from Within

13.12.2012

Three main vantage points are brought together in this chapter: (1) Israel’s relatively good economic performance in recent years –...

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  • Dan Ben-David

Changes in Labor Force Survey Data and Their Meaning

13.12.2012

The change brought about some significant differences in the data.  In particular, amongst Arab Israelis there was a dramatic jump...

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  • Eran Yashiv

Running on Empty

13.12.2012

In the beginning of September, Israel’s government-regulated gasoline prices spiked up to 8.25 shekels a liter (roughly $8.00 per gallon...

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  • Taub Center Staff