1961-72 Zunahme der Produktivität um jährlich 3%; seit 1973 Abnahme um jahresdurchschnittlich 2,6%. Preisanstieg der Baumaterialien als Hauptursache des Produktivitätsanstiegs. Ursachen der abnehmenden Produktivität: Rezession, Arbeitsintensität, hoher und rigider Personalbestand im...

Israel, a small country in Asia, transitioned from a labor-intensive economy to become a nation with the second largest startup ecosystem in the world. What have propelled this extraordinary growth that made the state of Israel one of the most important entrepreneurial and technology-driven...

An analysis of a large panel data set on Israeli industrial firms finds that most of the growth in aggregate productivity comes from productivity changes within firms rather than from entry, exit, or differential growth; that firms which will exit in the future have lower productivity...

An analysis of a large panel data set on Israeli industrial firms finds that most of the growth in aggregate productivity comes from productivity changes within firms rather than from entry, exit, or differential growth; that firms which will exit in the future have lower productivity...

We use panel data on Israeli manufacturing plants to test two explanations of lower wages and lower productivity in plants with a higher percentage of females: (1) within plants, women are paid less and are less productive, consistent with no discrimination, and (2) women are segregated into...

The West Bank and Gaza (WBG) have been occupied by Israel since 1967. As a result, the Palestinian economy has experienced a deep integration of its factor and goods markets with the richer economy of Israel. The nature of such an integration remains unclear, as it might indeed theoretically...