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Dec. 31, 2020
Many children may face long-term damage from losing a year of schooling, and this may translate to long-term economic damage, primarily to those from the lower classes. This is the central argument by education economist Nachum Balas in a position paper attached to a report by the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel. The report was published Wednesday.
“If we don’t improve the education system, we’ll lose an entire generation of children and our economic growth will be damaged for decades. We have to dramatically change how the education system works in order to limit the cumulative damage to students,” writes Balas.
Report: Poverty will increase in Israel by 8-14% due to coronavirus December 31, 2020 at 9:39 am | Published in: Coronavirus, Israel, Middle East, News
People protest against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation over corruption cases and his failure to combat the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in West Jerusalem on 12 December 2020. [Mostafa Alkharouf - Anadolu Agency] December 31, 2020 at 9:39 am
The incidence of poverty in Israel will increase by about eight to 14 per cent due to coronavirus, a report published by Taub Centre for Social Policy Studies in Israel.
Israeli Professor John Gal and Shavit Madhala carried out the research which revealed that: It is estimated that until May 2020, the government s assistance systems helped reduce the increase in the incidence of poverty and inequality, which had been substantial, by about one-half.
A beggar on Tel Aviv promenade (Gili Yaari / Flash 90).
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic will be felt for a long time and is likely to increase poverty levels and worsen inequality, two facets of Israeli society that were “exceptionally high” even before the crisis hit, a report by the Taub Center for Social Policy said.
The incidence of poverty is estimated to have increased by about 8 to 14 percent and inequality by about 1.5 to 4 percent in 2020 as a result of the pandemic, wrote the authors of The State of the Nation 2020 report. The main victims of the crisis were working families who saw their jobs disappear or their salaries cut, single-parent families, and young families.