{"id":277,"date":"2026-03-09T11:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T11:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/?p=277"},"modified":"2026-07-02T08:52:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:52:38","slug":"economics-and-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/economics-and-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics and Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/files\/2026\/03\/labor.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/files\/2026\/03\/labor.png 500w, https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/files\/2026\/03\/labor-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/files\/2026\/03\/labor-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research on the relationships between demography, the economy, and the labor market in Israel examines how population processes such as fertility, aging, migration, education, family structure, and ethnic composition shape patterns of employment, income inequality, occupational mobility, and economic growth. Differences across population groups\u2014including Jewish and Arab populations, immigrants, ultra-Orthodox communities, women and men, and different educational groups\u2014shape the country\u2019s labor-force participation rates, wages, poverty, and access to economic opportunities. Israel stands out in this field of research because it combines characteristics that are rarely found together in high-income countries: rapid population growth, persistently high fertility, extensive immigration, a technologically advanced economy, and substantial social and economic inequality. These conditions make Israel an important case for studying how demographic change interacts with labor markets, welfare systems, education, and economic development, while also offering insights into broader questions about inequality, social mobility, and population aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research explores how demographic processes shape employment, inequality, labor-force participation, and economic growth across different population groups in Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-areas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":868,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions\/868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.socsci.tau.ac.il\/mu\/population\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}