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Sixty years after the partition resolution: what future for the Arab economy in Israel?
Khalidi, Raja J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
the convergence that is supposed to result from exchange between a capital-rich economy and a labor-intensive one. After …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008552823
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On the Determinants of a Country's Creditworthiness - The Case of Israel: 1971 to 1983
Gottlieb, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1987
This paper assesses an economy's default risk on its international debt by considering different approaches …,prevalent in the literature. Unlike in multi-country studies,these data comprise reported loans to one economy only-This is useful … data the traditional approach,stressing an economy's ability to repay the external debt,performed better than the more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835597
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The Benefits and Costs of Noise Reduction
Becker, Nir; Lavee, Doron - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2001
This paper attempts to measure, in a cost–benefit analysis, a stricter noise abatement programme for noise originating from roads in Israel. Using the hedonic price method for three large cities and rural area transactions, a benefit from noise reduction was found. In order to perform a social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258496
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Military Expenditures and Inequality: Empirical Evidence from Israel
Ucal, Meltem; Karabulut, Gokhan; Bilgin, Mehmet Huseyin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
The aim of this paper is to examine different shocks to Israel’s business cycle from 1960 to 2007 in terms of the relationship between military expenditures and inequality, Gini coefficient. We begin with the assumption that there is a direct effect of higher military expenditures on income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259147
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The Arab economy in Israel: dependency or development?
Khalidi, Raja J. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1984
Israeli economy as a whole: is the Arab sector simply a regional or "national" branch of the Israeli economy, or does it rest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008871171
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The impact of employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor force (2005–08)
Etkes, Haggay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study provides circumstantial evidence for the impact of permits for employment in Israel on the Palestinian labor force in the West Bank during the late Intifada period and its aftermath (2005–2008). The study utilizes a unique dataset that merges data from the Palestinian Labor Force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369626
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Public Opinion behind the Deterrence: An Evolutionary Game Theoretic Study of the Israeli Policy towards Lebanon
Hamanaka, Shingo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Israel’s policies regarding Lebanon have been dependent on public opinion, which is very volatile. The citizens of Israel did not favor the occupation of the security zone in South Lebanon because of the Four Mothers movement, and it influenced the government to withdraw military forces...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976967
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On the Choice of a Policy-oriented Poverty Measure: The Case of Israel 1997-2002
Gottlieb, Daniel; Manor, Roy - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Poverty is easily recognized when encountered "face to face," but when measured for a society as a whole it becomes evasive and ambiguous, raising fundamental and practical issues. In this paper we examine several poverty measures from the aspect of how well they can serve as policy targets and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787011
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העוני וההתנהגות בשוק העבודה בחברה החרדית
Gottlieb, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
The Haredi (Jewish ultra-orthodox) population in Israel is an idiosyncratic community. Its members are committed to the observance of the Bible and its commandments, as interpreted by its sectarian religious leaders. Haredi poverty is exceptionally high, with a share of 20% of the Israeli poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787015
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The Effect of Migrant Workers on Employment,Real Wages and Inequality The Case of Israel -1995 to 2000
Gottlieb, Daniel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
throughout the economy,thus emphasizing the general-equilibrium nature of these effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789363