Research Papers


The following is a list of research papers. Where indicated, the abstract is available in English. The full texts are available in Hebrew here:
​131 - ​ "Overwork in Israel - Characteristics and Trends" by Miri Endeweld, 2019.
​130 - ​ "Saving For Every Child Program: Implications for inequality, and policy alternatives" by Ofir Pinto, Daniel Gottlieb, 2019.
​129 -​ "People with Disabilities in Israel: Characteristics, Employment, and Poverty - Administrative Data", by Ofir Pinto, Natalia Gitelson, Oren Heller, Miri Endweld, Rivka Prior, Daniel Gottlieb, 2018.
​128 - ​ "Job Mobility And Wage Growth" by Miri Endeweld, 2018.
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​126 - ​ "The Economic Value of Housewife Work", BY Miri Endeweld, Oren Heller, 2017
​125 -
"Poverty, Employment and Wages of General Disability Benefits Receivers", by Daniel Gottlieb, Miri Endeweld, Natalia Gitelson, Oren Heller, Ofir Pinto, Rivka Prior, Mark Rozenberg, 2017.
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"Employment of General Disability Allowance Recipients following Amendment 109 of the National Insurance Law (Laron Law), Promoting and Obstructing Factors", by Denise Naon, Dafna Haran, Hagit Sofer-Furman, Ofir Pinto, Rivka Prior, 2017

123 -"Equivalence Scales and Poverty Measurement in Israel, 1968-2013", by Netanela Barkali, Miri Endweld, Daniel Gottlieb, 2015. 
122 -"The Jobless Returning to Unemployment Benefits, 2003-2014", by Esther Toledano, 2015. 
121 -"Assessments of Elderly Aged 80-89 for the Long-Term Care Benefit by Geriatricians The Second Wave of the Experimental Programme", by Sharon Asiskovitch, 2015. 
120 -"Part-Time Employees and Extended Unemployment, 2000-2011", by Esther Toledano, Daniel Gottlieb, 2015. 
119 -"Wages, the Minimum Wage and their Contribution to Reducing Poverty: Israel in an International Comparison", by Miri Endeweld, Oren Heller, 2014. 
118 -"Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities: Work Integration, Persistence and Wage Levels", by Hester Fass, Ofir Pinto, 2014. 
117 - "Continuity in Period of Payment of Unemployment Benefits", by  Esther Toledano, 2014. 
116 -"The Occupational Behavior of Postpartum Women Following Lengthening of the Maternity Leave", by Chantal Wasserstein, Esther Toledano, 2014. 
115 -"2012 Food Security Survey Main Socio-economic Findings", by Miri Endeweld, Netanela Barkali, Vita Abrahamov, Alexander Gealia, Daniel Gottlieb, 2014. 
114 -"The Integration of Recipients of General Disability Pension into the Labor Force: Experiences, Difficulties and Lessons", by Ofir Pinto, 2013.
113 -"The Socio-economic Status of Women in Israel, 1997-2011", by Miri Endeweld, Daniel Gottlieb, 2013
112 -"Cash Benefits Provided under the Community Long-Term Care Insurance Law: Evaluation of a Pilot Program", by Jenny Brodsky, Shirli Resnizky, Yaniv Cohen, 2013
111 -"The Probability of Entering and of Exiting, the Disability Pension System", by Ofir Pinto, 2013
110 -"People with Disabilities in Israel's Working-age Population: Prevalence, Characteristics and Employment Status", by Denise Naon, Nurit Strosberg, Assaf Ben-Shoham, Dafna Haran, Rivka Prior, David Alexander Gealia, 2012
109 -"Wage Mobility and Inequality in Israel: 1990-2005", by Miri Endeweld, 2012
108 -"Food Security 2011, The Course of the Survey and Main Findings", by Miri Endeweld, Netanela Barkali, Alexander Fruman, Alexander Gealia, Daniel Gottlieb, 2012
107 -"Terror and Birth Weights", by Noam Zussman, Esther Toledano, 2012
106 -"National Insurance Institute Friendly Visits and Counseling Services for the Elderly An Evaluation Study" by Malka Korazim, Miriam Shmelzer, Shiri Nir, Netanela Barkali, 2011.
105 -"New programs in caring for frail older persons, literature review", by Dr. Esther Iecovich, 2011.  
104 -“Measuring Poverty According to an Adequate Consumption Basket in Israel, 1997-2009”, by Alexander Fruman, Daniel Gottlieb, 2011.
103 -“Cash Long-term Care Benefit Experiment: Accompanying Research", by Ramsees Gharrah, 2010.
102 -“Family Income and Birth Weights”, by Esther Toledano, Roni Frish, Noam Zussman, Daniel Gottlieb, 2010.
101 -“The Effect of Child Allowances on Fertility” (in English), by Esther Toledano, Roni Frish, Noam Zussman, Daniel Gottlieb, 2009.
100 -“The integration of persons with disabilities in the labor market: worth their while?”, by Chantal Wasserstein and Lea Inbar, 2009.
99 -“Trends in Minimum Wage Law compliance: the case of Israel”, by Tami Eliav, Miri Endeweld, Daniel Gottlieb and Israel Kachanovski, 2009.
98 -“Poverty, Education, and Employment in the Arab-Bedouin Society: A Comparative View” (in English), By Suleiman Abu-Bader and Daniel Gottlieb, 2009.
97 -“Earned income tax credit and subsidy shifting: the case of grants to employed army veterans”, by Esther Toledano and Noam Zussman, 2008. 
96 -“On the wage slip and beyond: fringe benefits in Israel”, by Netanela Barkali and Ruth Berkowitz, 2007. 
95 -“Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities by means of unique placement services: a follow-up research”, by Lea Inbar, 2007. 
94 -“Employment of women after giving birth”, by Esther Toledano, 2007. 
93 -“Horizontal and vertical equity and inequality in private health expenditure in Israel: 1992-2002”, by Leah Achdut, Amir Shmueli and Miri Endeweld, 2007. 
92 -“Social aspects of the state budget: 2001-2006”, by Leah Achdut, Miri Endweld, Zvi Zussman and Refaela Cohen, 2006. 
91 - “Child allowances in Israel: a historical view and an international perspective”, by Michal Ophir and Tami Eliav, 2005. 
90 - “Who switches sickness funds in Israel?” (in English), by Amir Shmueli, Jacques Bendelac and Leah Achdut, 2005. 
89 - “Recipients of disability pensions from the National Insurance Institute”, by Shuli Baer, Nurit Strosberg, Rivka Prior and Denise Naon, 2005. 
88 - “Government financing of education and health services and income distribution, 2001-2005”, by Miri Sabag-Endweld, 2005. 
87 -“Measuring poverty from the perspective of expenditure”, by Miri Sabag-Endweld, 2005. 
86 - “Assistive technology for visually impaired persons”, by Lea Inbar, 2005.
85 -     “The quality of life of income support benefit recipients”, by Judith King and Gideon Maor Shavit, 2005.
84 -   “Vouchers for rehabilitation services: an experiment”, by Dalia Gordon, 2005. 
83 -“Measuring wage differentials between the public and private sectors in Israel: evidence using quantile regression methods”, by Gideon Maor Shavit and Miri Sabag-Endweld, 2004.
82 - “An experimental poverty measure from the perspective of expenditure in Israel”, by Miri Sabag-Endweld and Leah Achdut, 2004.
81 - “Government assistance with housing rent pay: who benefits and how much?”, by Leah Achdut and Dalia Gordon, 2004.
80 – “Rehabilitation and willingness to work among recipients of disability pensions in Israel”,by Dalia Gordon, 2003.
79 - “The employment situation of income support recipients: resources, barriers and needs for assistance becoming integrated into employment”, by Judith King, Brenda Morginstin,Miriam Shmelzer, Denise Naon, Tamar Aharoni and Tamar Haron, 2003. 
78 -“Parents’ work and school functioning of children in families receiving income support in Israel, 2000”, by Dalia Gordon and Brenda Morginstin, 2001. 
77 - “Income of elderly in Israel”, by Ramsees Gharrah, Brenda Morginstin and Miriam Shmelzer, 2001.
76 -“Disability and return to work: Israel in comparison to 5 countries”, by Dalia Gordon, 2000. 
75 -“Vocational rehabilitation by means of rehabilitation centers”, by Lea Inbar, 2000.
74 -“Encouraging recipients of unemployment benefits to set up small businesses”, by Dalia Gordon and Esther Toledano, 2000.
73 -“Revenge, tax informing and the optimal bounty” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1999.
72 -“Minimum wage noncompliance and the employment decision’ (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1999.
71 -“Jobs versus income support: integrating Soviet immigrants into the Israeli job market” (in English), by Jack Habib, Brenda Morginstin and Allan Zipkin, 1998.
70 -“Withholding information from cancer patients as a physician’s decision under risk” (in English),  by Gideon Yaniv, 1998/
69 - “Non-adherence to dietary restriction, self-protection and the risk of myocardinal infarction” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1998. 
68 -“Tax compliance and advance tax payments: a prospect theory analysis” (in English), by GideonYaniv, 1998.
67 -“Rational delay in applying for potentially life-saving diagnosis” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1997.
66 -“Suicide intention and suicide prevention: a model of therapist-patient interaction” (in English),by Gideon Yaniv, 1997.
65 -“Noncompliance with the minimum wage law: theoretical aspects and empirical investigation of explanatory variables in Israel”, by Gideon Yaniv, Refaela Cohen, Yaser Awad and Yaacov Shaul,1996.
64 -“The impact of changes in education on inequality in income distribution in Israel, 1986/87 and 1992/93”, by Nirit Shemesh-Israeli, 1996.
63 -“Estimation of self-employed income underreporting in family expenditure surveys”, by Yaacov Kondor, 1996.
62 -“Phobic disorder, psychotherapy and risk-taking: an economic perspective” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1995.
61 -“Two more notes on the tax-evading firm” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1995.
60 -“Tax evasion by misinforming withholding agents” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1995.
59 -“Welfare fraud and welfare stigma” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1995.
58 -“Tax evasion and the laundering decision” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1995.
57 -“The difference between the average wage per employee and the average wage per Employee post”, by Nirit Israeli, 1995.
56 -“Two notes on tax evasion” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1994.
55 -“Burnout, absenteeism, and the overtime decision” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1994.
54 -“Taxation and income laundering” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1993.
53 -“Complaining about noncompliance with the minimum wage law” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv,1993.
52 -“Poverty in industrial nations: a comparative perspective” (in English), by Lea Achdut and Orit Kristal, 1993.
51 -“Payroll tax evasion” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1993.
50 -“Income inequality and income composition: Israel 1979-1991” (in English), by Lea Achdut, 1993.
49 -“Collaborated employee-employer tax evasion” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1993.
48 -“Income inequality and poverty under transition from rapid inflation to stability: Israel 1979-1990” (in English), by Lea Achdut, 1993.
47 -“Poverty among unmarried women”, by Orit Kristal, 1991.
46 -“Consumption patterns of the elderly and subsidies for food and transportation”, by Muzigan Rabiyi, 1990.
45 -“The effect of income composition on the inequality of income distribution among the elderly”, by Lea Achdut and Orit Kristal, 1990.
44 -“Intergenerational transfers, public policy and the Long-Term Care Insurance Law”, by Amir Shmueli, 1990.
43 -“Welfare measures and the measurement of housing quality in Israel”, by Lea Achdut and Yaacov Shaul, 1988.
42 -“Withholding and non-withheld tax evasion” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1988.
41 -“The role of research in social security policy making: theory and application in the Israeli experience” (in English), by Shlomo Cohen and Yossi Tamir, 1987.
40 -“The measurement of poverty: theoretical approaches and trends in Israel in the years 1979 – 1984”, by Lea Achdut and David Bigman, 1987.
39 -“The performance of the old-age benefit scheme in Israel under rapid inflation: 1979 - 1984” (in English), by Lea Achdut and David Bigman, 1987.
38*-“The anatomy of changes in poverty and income inequality under rapid inflation: Israel, 1979 –1984” (in English), by Lea Achdut and David Bigman, 1987.
38 -“The child allowance system in Israel: 1959 – 1987”, by Esther Sharon, 1987.
37 -“The imputation of public expenditure in the health sector and its influence on income distribution”, by Yaacov Shaul, 1987.
36 -“Response of formal support systems to social changes and patterns of caring for the elderly” (in English), by Brenda Morginstin, 1987.
35 -“Non-compliance with the minimum wage law: theoretical aspects and implications for the Israeli economy”, by Gideon Yaniv, 1986.
34 -“Retirement and well-being among the elderly” (in English), by Lea Achdut and Yossi Tamir, 1986.
33 -“Fraudulent collection of unemployment benefits: a theoretical analysis with reference to income tax evasion” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1985.
32 -“Unemployment benefits as a one-time grant”, by Gideon Yaniv and Yossi Tamir, 1984.
31 -“Trends in the development of poverty and inequality among the Jewish population in the years 1975-1979”, by Lea Achdut and Yehuda Geva, 1983.
30 -“Activities of the rehabilitation department - analysis and statistics”, by Menahem Carmi, 1983.
29 -“Social activity and loneliness of the aged” (in English), by Brenda Morginstin, 1983.
28 -“Absenteeism, overtime and the compressed work week”, by Gideon Yaniv and Yossi Tamir, 1983.
27 -“Client planning groups as a means of implementing consumerism in vocational rehabilitation” (in English), by Lorraine Shapiro, 1982.
26 -“Unemployment insurance benefits and the supply of labor of an employed worker” (in  English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1981.
25 -“Maintaining the value of social security benefits during inflation”, by Yehuda Geva and Yitzhak Moav, 1980.
24 -“The determination of unemployment contributions under alternative wage and employment  patterns”, by Yehuda Geva and Yitzhak Moav, 1980.
23 -“The relationship between social security and taxation - the main issues” (in English), by Lea Achdut and Yossi Tamir, 1979.
22 -“Changes in poverty patterns in Israel, 1968-1975, in view of the development of the income maintenance programs”, by Lea Achdut, Yehuda Geva and Yossi Tamir, 1979.
21 -“The role of food subsidies in the income maintenance system”, by Yitzhak Moav, 1979.
20 -“Minimum wage – literary review and possible reprecussions in Israel”, by Menahem Carmi, 1978.
19 -“The optimal linear income tax - a note on unemployment compensation” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv and Yossi Tamir, 1977.
18 -“The changing pattern of poverty - 1969-1975”, by Yossi Tamir, 1977.
17 -“The supply curve of labour under income maintenance programs” (in English), by Giora Hanoch and Marjorie Honig, 1977.
16 -“A simultaneous estimation of a system of demand equations in Israel – an empirical  analysis, 1968-1975 “, by Lea Achdut, 1977.
15 -“A comment on labor supply under uncertainty - note” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1977.
14 -“Income tax evasion and the supply of labor” (in English), by Gideon Yaniv, 1977.
13 -“The reform in tax transfer payments in Israel, July 1975” (in English), by Raphael Roter And Nira Shamai, 1976.
12 -“Problems in the use of inequality measures to rank income distributions”, by Yehuda Geva, 1976.
11 -“The effect of social security benefits on labor supply” (in English), by Giora Hanoch and  Marjorie Honig, 1976.
10 -“Poverty in Israel in light of the development of the income maintenance system”, by Jack Habib, 1976. 
9 -“The influence of public family assistance for housing on income distribution for young Married couples in 1971”, by Meir Greenfeld, 1975.
8 -“The structure of the transfer system in Israel before and after the devaluation of November 1974”, by Marjorie Honig, Yaffa Kosloff, Efrat Bronfeld and Moti Laxer, 1975.
7 -“Redistribution through National Insurance in Israel by income and demographic groups” (in English), by Jack Habib, 1975.
6 -“Changes in the system of National Insurance contributions”, by Yossi Tawil, 1974.
5 -“Nutrition patterns and efficiency in food consumption in Israel”, by Yossi Zamiri, 1974.
4 -“Poverty in Israel before and after receipt of public transfers” (in English), by Marjorie Honig, 1974.
3 -“The effect of child allowances on fertility” (in English), by Marjorie Honig, 1974.
2 -“The effect of public expenditures for social services on the redistribution of income”, by Moria Avnimelech, 1974.
1 -“Equivalence scales for family size – findings from Israeli data” (in English), by Jack Habib and Yossi Tawil, 1974.