The labor market in Israel, 2000-2016

Artikel

Following a decline in employment and participation rates during the 1980s and 1990s, Israel managed to reverse these trends during the last 15 years. This was accompanied by a substantial decrease in unemployment. New labor force participants are mostly from the low end of the education distribution, and many are relatively old. They entered the labor force in response to cuts in welfare payments and increases in the mandatory retirement age. Net household income for all population groups has increased due to growth in labor income; however, inequality between households has increased.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2018 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Labor Economics Policies ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
• Subject: employment ; wages ; policy ; inequality ; Israel

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Larom, Tali ; Lifshitz, Osnat
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2018

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.415
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/177793
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET