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Israeli Education Policy: How to Move Ahead in Reform

11-Jun-2010

Philip Hemmings

Israel’s education system produces many tertiary graduates but there are wide gaps across society and core skills at secondary school are weak, as discussed in this working paper.

Accession : OECD welcomes Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia

27-May-2010

OECD countries welcomed four new members – Chile, Estonia, Israel and Slovenia – at their annual Council meeting at ministerial level.

Decision of the Council to Invite the State of Israel to Accede to the Convention on the OECD

10-May-2010

This is the official Decision of the Council to Invite the State of Israel to Accede to the Convention on the OECD.

Labour Market and Socio-Economic Outcomes of the Arab-Israeli Population (Social, Employment and Migration Working Paper No. 102)

18-Mar-2010

Jack Habib, Judith King, Assaf Ben Shoham, Abraham Wolde-Tsadick and Karen Lasky

This report analyzes current labour market outcomes of Arab-Israelis by various socio-demographic characteristics. It also examines quality of employment indicators such as type of occupation and income from work, and indicators of job satisfaction...

The influence of regulation and economic policy in the water sector on the level of technology innovation in the sector and its contribution to the environment: The case of the State of Israel

12-Feb-2010

The paper discusses the impacts of policies applied over the last decades in the water sector in Israel on technological innovation and on the environment.   

OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Israel

20-Jan-2010

This review of Israeli labour market and social policy finds that Israel has enjoyed strong economic growth over the last decade but the benefits of this are being distributed unevenly.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009

20-Jan-2010

Recovery from the downturn is underway in Israel, helped by a broadly appropriate policy response. However, economic challenges remain for fiscal policy, education, employment levels, poverty reduction and the business environment.

Economic Survey of Israel 2009: Selected policies affecting the business environment

20-Jan-2010

Israel is supporting its business sector and promoting competition in similar ways to many OECD countries, but there is room for improvement.

Media briefing of Israel: A divided society

20-Jan-2010

Two large minority groups in Israel – Arabs and the ‘Haredim’ (ultra-Orthodox Jews) – are much less likely to have jobs and more likely to be poor than the general Jewish population. But nearly half of children entering primary school belong to these two disadvantaged groups...