Israel's High Fertility Rate and Anemic Skill Acquisition

Assaf Razin

No 6455, CESifo Working Paper Series from CESifo

Abstract: The exceptionally high fertility among ultra-Orthodox Jews, and Arab minority, increasing portions of the population, is the main reason for Israel’s flagging labor-force participation. In addition, high fertility diminishes Israel’s skill attainment of the labor force. A rise in income inequality in all advanced economies, which in the last two decades has taken a sharp upward turn in Israel, has a potential for setting off social- divide and political polarization.

JEL-codes: D10 H10 J24 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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