Male tech graduates earn higher wages than female graduates - study
Approximately half of all Israelis employed today in hi-tech (49.9%) studied engineering and architecture, and almost one-quarter (23%) studied mathematics, statistics and computer science.
Ultra-Orthodox or "Haredi" women are exempt from the demands of religious studies imposed on men and the Bank of Israel says the past decade has seen "a significant increase" in ultra-Orthodox women's employment rate, now almost at 60 percent. To match Feature ISRAEL-ULTRAORTHODOX/ECONOMY Picture ta(photo credit: DARREN WHITESIDE / REUTERS)ByEYTAN HALON
