Tiomkin School of Economics, and Aaron Institute for Economic Policy, Reichman University, Israel
World of Labour role
Author
Current position
Tiomkin School of Economics, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
Research interest
Active labor market programs, poverty and inequality, Israeli labor market
Past positions
Assistant Professor, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, Israel, 2012–2015; Visiting Professor, Waterloo University, Canada, 2009–2012
Qualifications
PhD Economics, Tel Aviv University, 2004
Selected publications
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“Residential location, work location, and labor market outcomes of immigrants In Israel.” Econometrica 82:3 (2014): 995–1054 (with M. Buchinsky, and C. Gotlivovsky).
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"Dynamic female labor supply." Econometrica 79:6 (2011): 1675–1726 (Z. Eckstein).
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"Household interaction and the labor supply of married women." International Economic Review 56:2 (2015): 427–455 (with Z. Eckstein).
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"Households' labor supply elasticity." Israel Economic Review 3 (2005).
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"Elasticity of household labor supply." Bank of Israel Review 76 (2004).
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The labour market in Israel, 2004-2024 Updated
Israel’s resilient labour market faces persistent employment and earnings gaps among Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Tali LaromOsnat Lifshitz, September 2026Israel entered the 2020s with a strong labour market, following more than a decade of rising employment, falling unemployment, and sustained wage gains, a resilience striking given repeated security shocks. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2023–24 war, aggregate indicators returned relatively quickly towards pre-shock paths. Yet large and persistent gaps in employment and earnings remain, particularly among Arab Israelis and Ultra-Orthodox Jews. With the Ultra-Orthodox share of the working-age population growing rapidly, the stakes of closing these gaps are rising.Read moreRead less