The Taub Center Social Welfare Program analyzes the various social welfare programs from the perspectives of structure, availability, accessibility, and coverage; it assesses the extent to which the target populations are aware of their rights and able to utilize them; and it compares the social welfare programs in Israel to those in other welfare states. The studies carried out by the Taub Center in this area deal with topics such as social investment programs, privatization of the social welfare system and the place of civil society organizations within the system, the participation of Arab children in early childhood education and care frameworks, poverty and inequality, and the situation of senior citizens and their place in the labor market.
The Social Welfare System in Transition: An Overview
26.12.2021Key findings: In 2020, Israeli social expenditure grew by NIS 55 billion, mainly due to the need to address the...
Youth Bulge, Violent Crime, and Shortages in the Israeli Arab Marriage Market
19.12.2021There is broad consensus in the literature regarding the positive correlation between, on the one hand, a large cohort of...
Bringing Israel’s South to the center of the policy discussion
23.08.2021The general perception of Israel’s geographic periphery, namely the country’s North and South, is that these regions contain larger concentrations...
- Taub Center Staff
COVID-19’s Ongoing Impact on Israel’s Economy and Welfare System
28.07.2021While primarily a health emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic has had rippling effects on every aspect of Israeli society, underscoring the...
- Taub Center Staff
A Sociodemographic Profile of the South
07.06.2021This study focuses on changes in the sociodemographic and economic profile of Israel’s Southern District, which broadly includes the Negev....
The Relationship Between Parental Stress and Young Children’s Screen Time During a COVID-19 Driven National Lockdown
24.05.2021This study examines screen use by young children during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Israel. Screen use is a matter...
- Yael Navon Liora Bowers Carmel Blank Dana Shay Yossi Shavit
Looking forward: How we move ahead a year after the coronavirus crisis struck Israel
25.04.2021In these early months of 2021, Israel has been both evaluating the scope of the losses experienced during this unprecedented...
- Taub Center Staff
In the Wake of COVID-19 – Important Questions for Israel in 2021 and Beyond
16.03.2021Taub Center researchers have mapped out challenges and opportunities expected in the coming years in the fields of macroeconomics, the...
- Taub Center researchers