This research paper examines the labor market experiences of Ethiopian Israelis who have earned academic degrees. In so doing, it tracks their progression both to higher education and employment, the possibilities and impediments experienced on the way to the work force, their experience of employment, their potential for advancement once employed, and the reasons for the gaps in remuneration between this social group and the general population.

An infographic presentation based on a study by the Adva Center in cooperation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation on gender pay gaps in Israel.

For the first time, the Israel Ministry of Labor published data about workers paid by the hour, and as it turns out, the situation is dismal: Employment by the hour has become a widely used method for simply reducing the cost of labor. It is harmful, exploitative and unethical, and in the long run not necessarily economically advantageous.

This study, supported by Mazon-A Jewish Response to Hunger, deals with salaried and self-employed workers whose income from work is defined as low, that is, no more than two-thirds of the median monthly pay nationwide.

Budget cuts in the Employment Program for Arab women and men will result in perpetuating the gaps between Jews and Arabs; they also augur damage to the Israeli economy, especially in light of the reduction in the employment of Arabs since the outbreak of war.

In times of crisis, women’s employment is more precarious than men’s. This was true during the Corona epidemic, and this is what is happening today — due mainly to the gender division of labour in the household, reinforced by upsets or closures in the education system, especially during wartime when numerous men are called up to the reserves

The figures presented in the report reflect the first chapters of the story of the epidemic, which is also a story of the widening of inequality in Israel and elsewhere

What Israel needs is more help-tech workers, more positions for help-tech workers in the public services, and higher salaries that will not discourage women (as well as men) from entering and remaining in the help-tech professions

This annual Adva Center socio-economic report focuses on the effect of the corona crisis on three population groups and illuminates a number of other factors relevant to the crisis

The report examines the Israeli film industry from the perspective of gender