{"id":9063,"date":"2015-03-04T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T10:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/its-off-to-work-we-go\/"},"modified":"2019-06-16T13:52:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T10:52:08","slug":"its-off-to-work-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jerusaleminstitute.org.il\/en\/blog\/its-off-to-work-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Off to Work We Go"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An examination of employment structures in various cities reveals that often a city will specialize in a specific industry or sector, one in which a relatively large percentage of its residents is employed. We can examine these specializations and compare cities using a specialization index.<\/div>\n
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The specialization index for a city in a specific industry or sector measures the ratio between the percentage of workers in that industry in the city (out of the city\u2019s total number of employees) and the percentage of workers in that sector in the state as a whole. A value higher than 1 indicates relative specialization, that is, the employment weight in this sector is higher than the average for the country.<\/div>\n
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Analysis of data from the Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem reveals that the sector in which Jerusalem had the highest specialization index for 2012 was that of community, social, and personal services \u2013 1.51. This figure is lower than the highest value for Tel Aviv \u2013 2.89 in banking, insurance, and financial institutions \u2013 or for Haifa \u2013 4.41 in the water and electricity sector. It is markedly evident that in contrast to other major cities, Jerusalem does not have a prominent specialization sector and its employed population is more evenly scattered among various sectors.<\/div>\n
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An interesting question that arises in this context is whether Jerusalem, as the capital, specializes in the public service sector (which includes public administration, education, healthcare, and welfare and nursing services). The data indicate that indeed Jerusalem\u2019s specialization index in these areas is highest among the major cities, at 1.24, yet it is not high in relation to other specializations and evidently does not constitute a distinct specialization of the city.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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One branch of the public service sector is education, where Jerusalem\u2019s specialization index is 1.35, making it the city\u2019s second-highest specialization sector. In contrast, Tel Aviv\u2019s specialization index for education measures 0.54, which is almost the lowest of the city\u2019s indices. In Haifa the percentage of employees in the employment sector is identical to the national average. The variance in Jerusalem within this sector results from the city\u2019s high percentage of schoolchildren and preschoolers.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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A review of specialization indices reveals that Jerusalem is not a business or technological epicenter. In the high-tech industry, Jerusalem\u2019s index measures 0.67. This is a low figure in itself, and it is lower than the figure for Tel Aviv \u2013 0.92 \u2013 or Haifa, which has the highest figure among the major cities, at 1.35. In the business service and real estate sector, Jerusalem has an index of 0.92, after Haifa \u2013 1.25 \u2013 and Tel Aviv \u2013 1.87. Additionally, in the sector of banking, insurance, and financial institutions, Jerusalem has an index of 0.53, while the figure for Haifa is 0.82, and for Tel Aviv, where as noted it is the city\u2019s distinct specialization sector, it is 2.89.<\/div>\n
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Source of data: 2014 Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An examination of employment structures in various cities reveals that often a city will specialize in a specific industry or sector, one in which a relatively large percentage of its residents is employed. We can examine these specializations and compare cities using a specialization index. \u00a0 The specialization index for a city in a specific…<\/p>\n

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