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  • January 11, 2018

    NEW REPORT: The Labor Market in Israel, 2000–2016: Successful policy measures increased employment for all population groups

    A new IZA World of Labor report finds the labor market in Israel doing remarkably well with unemployment at 4%. The employment rate of ultra-Orthodox woman increased by more than twenty percentage points since 2002. However, there remain serious challenges facing the two minority groups, Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews.
    A new IZA World of Labor report finds the labor market in Israel doing remarkably well with unemployment at 4%. The employment rate of ultra-Orthodox woman increased by more than twenty percentage points since 2002. However, there remain serious challenges facing the two minority groups, Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews.