Israel’s Immigration Story: Globalization lessons

Assaf Razin

No 11877, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: The exodus of Soviet Jews to Israel in the 1990s was a unique event. The extraordinary experience of Israel, which has received three quarter million migrants from the Former Soviet Union, amounting to 17 percent of its population, within a short time, is also relevant for the current debate about migration and globalization. The immigration wave was distinctive for its large high skilled cohort, and its quick integration into the domestic labor market. Immigration also changed the entire economic landscape: it raised productivity, underpinning technological prowess, and had significant impact on income inequality and the level of redistribution in Israel’s welfare state.

JEL-codes: F22 F6 H00 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-02
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