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Quarter of the Population Gives Government's Policies a Failing Grade
Two and a half weeks ahead of the elections, a special IDI survey reveals that the Israeli public gives government economic policies a failing grade and supports increasing the budgets allocated to health, education, welfare, and public transportation services
Israel Climbs Five Spots in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index
Israel improved by five spots over last year in the index of 190 countries. In first place is New Zealand, followed by Singapore, Denmark, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The Ease of Doing Business Index is an international indicator of how easy it is to do business in various countries.
Survey of Public Attitudes on Economic Policy (June 2018)
On the occasion of this year’s Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society (June 19-20) the Israel Democracy Institute published a special survey to assess public opinion on Israel’s economic future.
Israel needs a Paradigm Shift: Greater Compatibility Between Human Capital and the Economy
Written By: Dr. Eitan Regev
Israel suffers from a shortage of skilled workers in manufacturing industries and hi-tech and an overflow of the service sector; priorities in the allocation of public resources for the training of human capital must be changed to better fit the needs of the economy.
Israel’s future labor market needs updated models
Written By: Prof. Yotam Margalit
The number of vacation days in Israel is among the lowest in the world. Research by Prof. Yotam Margalit presents a new model which will ensure a minimum of 18 vacation days for each worker.
Top OECD Official: Israel Must do more to Integrate Arabs and ultra-Orthodox into the Economy
Dr. Peter Jarrett, the head of the Country Studies Division at the OECD, says the government must do more to integrate all Israelis into the economy if it is to continue to prosper and grow. "Boasting that Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox Aside, Israel's Situation is Excellent - is Simply shortsighted and Foolish."
Mission: Open a factory in Israel in 18 months
An ambitious plan aims at slashing the 4-6 years it currently takes to pass all the regulatory hurdles in Israel
Jerusalem Report: Welcome to 21st Century Politics
Written By: Elli Wohlgelernter
Poorly funded and under threat from personalization and social media, political parties are in decline.
Israel Exemplifies Rise of Personalized Politics
Written By: Prof. Gideon Rahat
Donald Trump’s surprise win seems to illustrate the awesome power of the Internet-savvy individual in politics.
Bank of Israel's Karnit Flug: 'Ensure More Ultra-Orthodox Males Receive a Complete Secular Education'
srael's GDP is 40 percent lower than that of the U.S. and its level of productivity is 33% less than most OECD countries, according to a presentation by Dr. Karnit Flug, governor of the Bank of Israel.
Israel Democracy Institute's First-Ever Economic Survey
As the Israel Democracy Institute's annual Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society kicks off today in Jerusalem, IDI's Guttman Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research sheds new light on Israeli socioeconomic discourse.
Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug, Ministry of Finance Director-General Shai Babad to Headline Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy & Society
Israel Democracy Institute's leading economic conference will focus on integrating innovation into the government, actuarial crisis,
and role of business press, among other topics
The High Price of Ignoring Poverty
Written By: Dr. Sami Miaari
Following the publication of the Poverty Report, Dr. Sami Miaari points out the large percentage of Arab Israelis that live in poverty. He says the current situation requires a new strategy and economic investment on several levels simultaneously. This article first appeared on Times of Israel.
Shemitat Kesafim: The Year of Escape from Debt
Written By: Dr. Benny Porat
Dr. Benny Porat discusses the precept of debt cancellation during the sabbatical year (Shemita) and proposes ways in which to update this practice to suit the economics of contemporary Israel and create a model society.
Transparency in Local Authority Budgets
Written By: Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler
Dr. Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler discusses the challenges to transparency in the budgets of Israel's local authorities, including the need to make budgets accessible, to enable searches within budgets, and to facilitate comparisons between the budgets of different authorities.
Shmita: Rest, Share, Release
Written By: Prof. Yedidia Z. Stern
An exploration of the existential, social, and economic dimensions of the Shmita year, that calls for bringing together social, moral, cultural, religious and national forces to implement the idea of Shmita in non-agricultural and national contexts in Israel.
Regulating Bedouin Settlement: A Disengagement Plan for the Negev
Written By: Ronit Levine-Schnur
Ronit Levine-Schnur analyzes the Bill to Regulate Bedouin Settlement in the Negev 5773–2013, warns that it seems to be motivated by an exaggerated fear of a Bedouin takeover of the Negev, and offers an alternative approach.
State Involvement in Equitable Distribution: A Comparison of the Jewish and Arab Sectors in Israel
Written By: Amit Lazarus
An article on the role of the State in the redistribution of economic resources during the first decade of the 21st century, which was written as part of IDI’s Arab-Jewish Relations project.
Value in Doing Business with Israel
Written By: Barak Cohen
Despite last summer's war in Lebanon, Hamas's rise to leadership, Hizbullah rockets being aimed at Israeli cities, and international boycotts, Israeli economy is thriving, the national debt and unemployment have significantly dropped, and investors continue to look to Israel as fertile ground for investment.
Active Labor Market Policy Must Become Priority
Written By: Prof. Yotam Margalit
For Israel's economy to grow, significant investment in building a strong and effective infrastructure for occupational training and reemployment is critical.
Professor Eytan Sheshinski joins the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) as a Senior Researcher in the Center for Governance and the Economy
Top Israeli economist, Professor Eytan Sheshinski, has joined IDI as a senior researcher in the Center for Governance and the Economy, under the leadership of Dafna Aviram-Nitzan.
