Economics Service

The Economics Service was established in 2018. Its role is to assist government ministries and research teams within the Institute in the use of economic and empirical tools for purposes of policy planning and evaluation.

The Economics Service has initiated a number of macroeconomic research studies. In addition, the Service takes part in Institute efforts to assess the economic and social impact of public intervention programs on the participants and on the economy.

Assistance to other teams in the Institute:

In addition to research that it initiates, the Economics Service supports studies initiated by other research teams at the Institute. The Economics Service is responsible for carrying out cost-benefit or cost-effectiveness analyses for intervention programs and also the analysis of economic incentives that underlie public policy measures.

Support in carrying out cost-effectiveness analyses for programs to assist the elderly.
Methodological assistance in estimating the return on vocational training.
Methodological assistance in estimating the return on intervention programs in the field of health.

2024 Research Themes

Social Services and Education
Employment

2024 Research Themes

Social Services and Education

Employment

Research Staff

Adi Arad

Research Analyst

Alexander Zablotsky

Research associate

Dr. Steven Laufer

Researcher

Dr. Yaniv Reingewertz

Consultant

Nitza Wurmbrand

Administrative Coordinator

Prof. Bruce Rosen

Systems Research Group Leader and Director of the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research

Recent Publications

Work and Leisure Preferences after Age 60

Adi Arad, Dr. Yaniv Reingewertz

2024

The objectives of the study are: 1. Assess the workforce participation rate of sixty plus-year-olds 2. Evaluate the degree to which their desire to work after retirement age is indeed met, that is, assess the degree to which unemployed retirees would like to work, as well as the degree to which employed individuals in retirement age would like to stop working. 3. Determine the main factors affecting the likelihood of working after retirement age, among other things with reference to the COVID-19 crisis.

Achievement Gaps in High-School Education among the Bedouin Society in the Negev

Alexander Zablotsky, Dr. Yaniv Reingewertz

2023

The Objectives of the research were: 1. Map the major problems of high-school education in Bedouin society in the Negev, and the barriers and challenges facing both students and educators. 2. Assess the relationships between the inputs in education and the students’ background variables and the outputs of Bedouin secondary education in the Negev, to identify factors potentially affecting academic attainment.

Brookdale Index of Individual Wellbeing: Preliminary Findings

Adi Arad, Dr. Yaniv Reingewertz, Dr. Steven Laufer, Zohar Or Sharvit, Prof. Michael Hartal

2023

The overarching objective of this study was to create, for the first time in Israel, an individual-level, practical wellbeing index comprising a relatively short list of aspects, that can be used to assess the impact of intervention programs on individual wellbeing. The objectives of the research stage presented in this report are: (1) To compile a shortlist of aspects to be included in the wellbeing index; and (2) To determine the relative weight of each aspect.

Unemployment Benefit Policies in Israel and Other OECD Countries Before and After COVID-19: An International Review

Alexander Zablotsky, Dr. Yaniv Reingewertz

2022

The COVID-19 pandemic caused multiple changes in both the labor market and in unemployment benefits policies. These changes may have long-term effects on the job market as well as on jobseekers’ needs. In order to understand these changes, the report reviews the international experience in the unemployment benefit area during the pandemic.

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