A clear correlation between education and employment for both Jews and Arabs
By DAFNA SHEMERThe correlation between education and employment is evident among both Jews and Arabs(photo credit: JERUSALEM INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH)
The correlation between education and employment is evident among both Jews and Arabs.According to a labor force survey conducted for the year 2016 by the Central Bureau of Statistics, the rate of employment of Jews aged 25 to 64 is 82%. The employment rate among Jews who hold a BA is 89%, rising to 91% among those who have an MA, and to 92% for those who have a PhD. Among Jews who possess a matriculation certificate only (who did not continue on to higher education), the rate of employment is 81%.Among the Arab population, the total rate of employment is only 53%, similar to the percentage of Arabs who hold a matriculation certificate (54%). For Arabs who have a BA, the rate of employment reaches 77%.The ratio between education and the rate of employment among Jewish men and women is similar, but among the Arabs there are wide gaps between the genders. Among Arab men overall, the rate of employment is 75%. The employment rate of Arab men who have a matriculation certificate is 82% and the employment rate of Arab men who have a BA is 88%. Among Arab women who have a matriculation certificate only, the rate of employment is 30%; the rate for those who have a BA rises to 68%, and 82% of Arab women who hold an MA are employed.While the employment rates in Jerusalem are lower than those in the rest of the country, the trends are similar. Among Arab Jerusalemites, the employment rate of those at the predominant working ages is 49%. The rate among Arab men in general is 80%; 83% of those who have a matriculation certificate are employed; and the rate for Arab men who hold a BA is 86%. Among Arab women in Jerusalem, the rate of employment in general is only 20%; 12% for those who have a matriculation certificate, and 43% for those who have a BA.In an attempt to assess the extent of enrollment among the different populations in institutions of higher learning, we compared the 20-to-22 age group across population sectors. We found that about 60% of non-ultra-Orthodox Jews aged 20 to 22 are studying at institutions of higher learning, compared to only 23% of Arabs in that age group.The percentage of Arab women holding academic positions is high (35%) relative to those in other positions and similar to that of Jewish women (33%). Evidently, education is a key to employment for Arab women, so encouraging Arab women to continue their studies at institutions of higher education may yield returns with respect to their rate of employment.Translated by Gilah Kahn.
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