Prime Minister Yair Lapid is very familiar with the Shoresh Institution’s policy research. In advance of the September 2019 elections, Lapid met with Shoresh president, Prof. Dan Ben-David to receive an update of Shoresh’s most recent findings on Israel’s primary long-term socioeconomic challenges. He subsequently produced a TED Talk style video entitled “A look at the Future” (מבט לעתיד), based almost exclusively on Shoresh Institution findings and graphs.
In 2015, Shoresh Institution researchers, Prof. Dan Ben-David, Prof. Ayal Kimhi and Dr. Noam Gruber, met with Education Minister Naftali Bennett and presented him with an overview of Israel’s education system and its socioeconomic impact. During the meeting, Bennett decided to personally present – to parents, teachers and principals – some of the Shoresh findings highlighting the strong relationship between the level of high school mathematics and the future wages. The video was then widely circulated on social media by Bennett and the Ministry of Education as part of their successful campaign encouraging more pupils to study mathematics at their highest level of aptitude.
Gender Wage Gaps in Israel: What Causes Them and How Can They Be Reduced?
Ayal Kimhi
March 2022
High Prices in Israel? Caveat Emptor - Beware of International Comparisons
Dan Ben-David and Ayal Kimhi
October 2021
(English version, Hebrew version)
When Israel’s ‘everything will be ok’ mindset hits the fan – the opportunity of calamity
Prof. Dan Ben-David
July 2020
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