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Synopsis
This book uses different methodologies to explore inequality in a number of areas of Israeli society, focusing on Israel's diverse populations and communities. Israel is an interesting case among industrialized countries as the level of inequality is high across a number of measures. The country is extremely divided along ethnic, national, religious, and political lines, producing unique conditions within which the effects of factors such as gender, class, region, age, and education are highly contextualized. Income inequality in Israel is among the highest in the Western world; the poverty rate and income gap between classes are similarly high. The chapters in this volume address different aspects and areas of such inequalities in Israel. Conclusions drawn here expand our knowledge and understanding of the various mechanisms through which inequality is produced and maintained in Israel as well as the role that state policies play in minimizing or increasing the impact of these mechanisms.
Synopsis
This volume addresses different aspects and areas of inequality in Israel, a country characterized by high levels of economic inequality, poverty, and social diversity. The book expands on the mechanisms that produce and maintain inequality, and the role of state policies in influencing those mechanisms.
Synopsis
Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction; Nabil Khattab, Sami Miaari, and Haya Stier
PART I: GENERAL INEQUALITY
1. The Correlates of Household Debt in Late-Life; Noah Lewin-Epstein and Or Raviv
2. Household Inequality and the Contribution of Spousal Correlations; Pnina O. Plaut and Steven Plaut
3. Religious Schooling, Secular Schooling, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: An Application of Regression-Based Inequality Decompositions; Ayal Kimhi and Moran Sandel
PART II: INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
4. First-Generation College Students in an Expanded and Diversified Higher Education System: The Case of Israel; Hanna Ayalon and Oded Mcdossi
5. Ethno/religious hierarchy in educational achievement and socioeconomic status in Israel: An historical perspective; Dov Friedlander, Barbara S. Okun and Calvin Goldscheider
6. Overeducation and Wage Penalties amongst Immigrants, Native Minorities and Majority Ethnic groups; Nabil Khattab and Amit Lazarus
PART III: GENDER INEQUALITY
7. The 'Gender Revolution' in Israel: Progress and Stagnation; Hadas Mandel and Debora P. Birgier
8. Gender earnings gaps in ethnic and religious groups in Israel; Vered Kraus and Yuval Yonay
PART IV: ETHNIC INEQUALITY
9. Geographical considerations in Arabs' integration into the Israeli labour market; Izhak Schnell and Ilan Shdema
10. Horizontal inequality in Israel's welfare state: do Arabs receive fewer and lower cash benefits?; Michael Shalev and Amit Lazarus
Notes on contributors
Index