Israel and the world economy : the power of globalization / Assaf Razin.

This book provides rigorous analysis of some of the major episodes during Israel's economic transition and spells out, empirically, how globalization played a crucial role in advancing Israel's economic progress. Economists and policy makers can gain insights as to how a globalized economy...

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Main Author: Razin, Assaf (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • Swell and retreat of high inflation
  • Immigration wave : Soviet-Jew exodus
  • Understanding migration and income inequality
  • Globalization, disinflation, high tech, and foreign direct investment
  • The "great moderation" and Israel's disinflation
  • The 2008 global crisis and Israel-economy resilience
  • Israel high technology and globalized finance
  • Trending developments
  • Israel and East Asia
  • Brain drain from Israel and skill based immigration policy
  • High fertility and low skill acquisition
  • Costs of occupation
  • Early literature
  • Israel surveyed
  • Epilogue.