Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Appendices
- Preface
- The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century
- One Introduction
- Two The Economy of the Yishuv and Its Legacy
- Three The Economy, 1948–1985
- Four Macro-Economic Developments, Growth, and Policy
- Five Globalization and High Technology
- Six Defense: Service or Burden?
- Seven Israel and the Palestinians
- Eight The Economics of Religion
- Nine The Arab Minority
- Ten Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic Divisions
- Eleven Conclusions
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Ten - Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic Divisions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Appendices
- Preface
- The Israeli Economy from the Foundation of the State through the 21st Century
- One Introduction
- Two The Economy of the Yishuv and Its Legacy
- Three The Economy, 1948–1985
- Four Macro-Economic Developments, Growth, and Policy
- Five Globalization and High Technology
- Six Defense: Service or Burden?
- Seven Israel and the Palestinians
- Eight The Economics of Religion
- Nine The Arab Minority
- Ten Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic Divisions
- Eleven Conclusions
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Summary
Introduction
Immigration has played a major role in the growth of the Israeli population and has affected the ethnic composition of the Jewish majority. The change in ethnicity has, along with other factors, had significant political effects that, in turn, have influenced economic policies and the structure of the economy. The first section of this chapter examines the demographic trends that have prevailed in Israel.
Israel has also experienced significant changes in the distribution of income and poverty rates in recent years. The second section of this chapter relates these changes to stabilization, liberalization, and globalization, the three main developments that have dominated the economy in recent years. Social developments were not only the by-product of economic policies; they had economic effects manifested in unemployment and other phenomena.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010