Allocation for Services and Equity
The “family” of services in kind embraces education, health, personal services and other budget expenditures. Appraisal of consumption of services in kind proves problematic when the consumers belong...
View ArticleWage Differentials in the Israeli Manufacturing Sector
This paper examines the industrial wage structure from several angles. The first is the distribution of wages in industry and its main sectors. The paper describes the highly heterogeneous structure of...
View ArticleIsrael’s Social Services 1996
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View ArticleEconomic Inequality
This paper looks at economic inequality, its measure and its meaning. This paper appears as a chapter in the Center’s annual publication, Israel’s Social Services 1996, and is available upon request....
View ArticleInequality in Income Distribution
It considers the impact of fiscal tools – income tax, National Insurance remittances, indirect taxes, benefits, supports, transfer payment, and subsidies – on inequality. This paper appears as a...
View ArticleInequality in Education in Israel
The study deals with inequality in two distinct realms: educational resources and educational achievements. This paper appears as a chapter in the Center’s annual publication, Israel’s Social Services...
View ArticleEquity in the Israeli Health System
Examination of health system equity in the general context of economic and social development, and in particular in the context of the health system, is indispensable in keeping Israel a modern welfare...
View ArticleThe Equality Dimension in the Activity of the Personal Social Services
In an examination of the issue of equality in the policies and activities of the personal social services, four main dimensions should be taken into account: the availability of personal services of...
View ArticleUnifying and Dividing Elements in the Israeli Education System
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View ArticleInequality in Education in Israel
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View ArticleInequality in Health and in the Healthcare System
There is a danger of these gaps being ignored within the health system. The Center calls for adopting a concrete national plan to lessen the disparities. This publication is in Hebrew only. The post...
View ArticleA Strategy for Narrowing Social and Economic Gaps
The Task Force was a joint effort of the Taub Center and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services (under Minister Yitzhak Herzog). This report is available in Hebrew only. The post A Strategy...
View ArticleMale Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: A...
Decomposing inequality by income determinants, we find that uniform increases in education reduce income inequality, with increases in female education having a larger effect than increases in male...
View ArticleInequality in Education: Israel 2009 – The Way it is
The advantages of Jewish sector education are especially notable in participation in pre-school education, high school education and higher education levels. However, over the years there has been a...
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Unequal and Unsustainable
In 1979, roughly one-fourth of the families in Israel would have lived under the poverty line had they not received welfare assistance. Today, approximately one-third of families would live below the...
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Mind the Gap: An Inside Look at Israel’s Education System
Affirmative action policies have managed to reduce resource inequalities between different socioeconomic groups within school sectors, but have been much less successful in reducing inequalities...
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Higher Education, Less Employment Inequality
The strong relationship between education and employment has been found across developed countries. More educated workers are more likely to be employed and enjoy higher incomes. This relationship...
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Fewer Workers Who Work More – With a Lower Standard of Living
As Taub Center Executive Director Professor Dan Ben-David shows in the Taub Center’s State of the Nation Report 2009, Israel’s living standards are not only lower than those of the G7 countries (the...
View ArticleIncome Inequality in Israel
Wage gaps in Israel are higher than in any other developed country and are particularly evident where worker educational levels differ. Over the past decade the average Israeli worker’s educational...
View ArticleIncome Inequality Between and Within Population Groups: 1997-2010
At most, these gaps can explain a fifth of total inequality, while the remaining 80 percent are within population sub-groups. Among the notable gaps are those between households with various level of...
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Taub Center new research on income inequality
The main cause of income inequality is educational disparities, although its importance has declined over time. Income gaps between population groups that differ by sector (Jews/Arabs), residential...
View ArticlePoverty and Inequality Over Time: In Israel and in the OECD
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Israeli rates of poverty and inequality in disposable incomes are very high – compared with developed countries – even after excluding Haredim and Arab Israelis from...
View ArticleNew Taub Center publication: A Picture of the Nation 2014
This is the second year that the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel is publishing its Picture of the Nation – an original, unique and user-friendly book of figures – that includes one...
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Gaping Gaps: Income Inequality in Israel
A study by Taub Center Executive Director, Prof. Dan-Ben David, and Taub Center researcher Haim Bleikh in the State of the Nation Report 2013 unveiled the depth of challenges Israel faces with regards...
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A new Taub Center study: which basic necessities low-income Israeli families...
Average monthly spending per person on food in Israel is about NIS 700, of which about NIS 660 is considered normative (i.e., the standard level of spending needed to fulfill household food needs). An...
View ArticleProf. David Autor, Inequality among industrial economies
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View ArticleTaub 2013 Conference – Introduction, Jay H. Sandak
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View ArticleDecember 11th – Israeli Parliament (Knesset) session on Taub Center 2013...
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View ArticleTaub Center honors Ralph Goldman
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View ArticleTaub 2013 Conference – Introduction, Dr. Shula Recanati
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View ArticleLabor Income Inequality Trends in Israel
This period witnessed a growing return, or yield, on education, a factor which could lead to a rise in labor income inequality. Israeli labor income gaps actually declined somewhat, though, due to the...
View ArticleThe Change in the Tax Burden on Households Between 2003 and 2011
This chapter assesses the change in the tax burden on households across the various income deciles during the period between 2003, the fiscal policy “watershed” year, and 2011. In both 2003 and 2011,...
View ArticleInequality in the Education System: Who Opposes and Who Gains from the Gaps?
The fight for equality and the narrowing of gaps in the education system is one of the most talked about subjects in educational circles in Israel since the 1960s. Over the past few years, the Ministry...
View ArticlePoverty and Inequality in Israel: An International Perspective
This chapter examines the rates of poverty and inequality in Israel over time and in comparison with OECD countries. It looks at two main groups: those ages 59 and under and those ages 66 and over. In...
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Municipal Involvement in the Financing of Teacher’s Working Hours in the...
To read the full study click here. A new study by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel shows that only 4% of total working hours of teachers are funded by the municipalities....
View ArticleMunicipal Involvement in the Financing of Teacher’s Working Hours in the...
This paper examines the extent of municipal involvement in the funding of teaching hours in the Jewish state primary schools, and the affirmative action policy steps taken within municipalities....
View ArticleTracking and Attainment in Israeli Secondary Education
The debate in Israel over the role of educational tracking and particularly technological/vocational education is related to socioeconomic and ethnic gaps as well as to educational and employment...
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