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Israel
Index
A self-propelled irrigation machine in operation in the
Negev Desert
Courtesy Embassy of Israel, Washington
Growing tomatoes under plastic near the Sea of Galilee
Courtesy Embassy of Israel, Washington
In the 1950s and 1960s, through a state effort to absorb the
large number of immigrant children into the public school system,
the government assured itself of a future supply of educated
workers. The demand for more educated workers was provided by the
rapid expansion of public services, which are inherently humancapital intensive. Growth in public services resulted from the
rapid and sustained economic growth that lasted until the early
1970s, and from the high rate of population growth.
In the 1970s, the education level of the labor force continued
to rise markedly. Unlike the experience of other Western economies,
the increased supply of educated workers in Israel did not, on
average, depress the relative wage level of those with more
schooling; nor did it markedly worsen the employment condition of
more educated workers as compared with workers with a secondary
education. The continued increase in demand for education-intensive
services and for more sophisticated goods and services generally
have so far precluded the negative effects experienced in other
countries. The widespread high level of human capital is expected
to continue into the twenty-first century as long as investment in
education continues to be profitable.
Data as of December 1988
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