Executive Summary: The Income-Expenditure Gap and Household Debt in Israel
22.12.2018How do Israeli households sink into debt? Given the difficulty of assessing actual debt due to data limitations, the gap...
Pensions, Poverty, and the Elderly in Israel
22.01.2014Welfare and social security policies eliminate almost 90% of elderly poverty in the vast majority of countries examined, but have...
- Liora Bowers
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
Israeli Single Mothers – Smaller in Number and Poorer in Income
22.08.2012Single mothers are among the most vulnerable members of society. These mothers have a significantly greater burden of household duties...
- Taub Center Staff
Welfare and Employment Among Single Mothers: Israel from a Comparative Perspective
22.10.2011Women raising their children alone attract considerable public attention as a group, due primarily to their economic vulnerability. This comparison...
- Haya Stier
The Working Poor
22.05.2011A phenomenon that has become increasingly common in the developed world and in Israel, in particular, is that of the...
- Taub Center Staff
“Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone:” Measuring Poverty in Israel with an International Perspective
22.12.2003The measurement methods themselves are of great importance in determining the level and rates of poverty and thus have a...
- Menachem Monnickendam Yosef Katan