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We estimate the relationship between exporting and productivity using data on Israeli manufacturing firms from the years 1996-2003. We find that the total factor productivity of exporting firms in Israel is higher than that of non-exporters. The export premium is higher before firms enter the...
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Since 2008, Israel is gradually implementing a universal mandatory pension arrangement. The arrangement is found to have had a significant effect: about half of the employees that did not contribute to a pension arrangement in 2007, and continued working in 2008, began to save. In comparison,...
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The negative effects of ethnic diversity on fiscal performance were pointed out in several studies. These weaknesses are attributed to the lack of trust between ethnic groups, own-group bias in the willingness to support public expenditure, and a tendency to avoid, or evade, taxes when a feeling...
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