Socioeconomic Inequality in Israel: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis

Contents
List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction; Nabil Khattab, Sami Miaari, and Haya Stier
PART I: GENERAL INEQUALITY
1. The Correlates of Household Debt in Late-Life; Noah Lewin-Epstein and Or Raviv
2. Household Inequality and the Contribution of Spousal Correlations; Pnina O. Plaut and Steven Plaut
3. Religious Schooling, Secular Schooling, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: An Application of Regression-Based Inequality Decompositions; Ayal Kimhi and Moran Sandel
PART II: INEQUALITY IN EDUCATION
4. First-Generation College Students in an Expanded and Diversified Higher Education System: The Case of Israel; Hanna Ayalon and Oded Mcdossi
5. Ethno/religious hierarchy in educational achievement and socioeconomic status in Israel: An historical perspective; Dov Friedlander, Barbara S. Okun and Calvin Goldscheider
6. Overeducation and Wage Penalties amongst Immigrants, Native Minorities and Majority Ethnic groups; Nabil Khattab and Amit Lazarus
PART III: GENDER INEQUALITY
7. The 'Gender Revolution' in Israel: Progress and Stagnation; Hadas Mandel and Debora P. Birgier
8. Gender earnings gaps in ethnic and religious groups in Israel; Vered Kraus and Yuval Yonay
PART IV: ETHNIC INEQUALITY
9. Geographical considerations in Arabs' integration into the Israeli labour market; Izhak Schnell and Ilan Shdema
10. Horizontal inequality in Israel's welfare state: do Arabs receive fewer and lower cash benefits?; Michael Shalev and Amit Lazarus
Notes on contributors
Index