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Original Paper 

The Dual Stricture of the Israeli Economy: Is Technology the 

Solution? 

Yaron Katz1* 
1 Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel 
* Yaron Katz, Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel 

 

Received: March 30, 2019       Accepted: April 20, 2019       Online Published: April 23, 2019 

doi:10.22158/ape.v2n2p146                URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/ape.v2n2p146 

 

Abstract 

The main concern of this research is the conflict between technology and society. It concentrates on the 

in the Israeli society, which is split in half: on the one hand it is in the information era, with highly 

advanced technology sector, while on the other hand it is still considered a developing country in terms 

of social development among large segments of society. The dual structure of the economy means that 

despite being known as the “Start-Up Nation”, Israel has one of the highest poverty rates with the gap 

between the rich and the poor is widening. The research argues that the problem is the dual structure: 

the nation is leading the world in technological development, but the services provided to its citizens 

are limited to the extent that poverty is high. The research further claims that the solution is technology: 

the technological advantage of Israel promoted its economy, which has grown more rapidly than most 

other advanced economies, after the government made a strategic decision to promote technology by 

providing financial support for in research and development. The rise in social and sectorial media 

allows the poorest parts of society—the Ultra-Orthodox and the Israeli-Arabs—to adopt technology 

and benefit from the leading role of the country in technological development and global competition. 

This means that while technology created the problem of dual structure—it also allows the segments of 

society that are considered poor and underdeveloped to use advanced media services within their 

communities. 

Keywords 

technology, economy, society, social media, poverty 

 

1. Introduction 

What best identifies Israel’s economy is the dominance of the high-tech sector, which is its main 

growth engine (Unesco Science Report, 2015). The advancement of Israel in innovation demonstrates 



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the role of technology in promoting countries and economies. As determined by the Israel Innovation 

Authority (2018), Israel is the second most innovative country in the world. However, while 

government policy has actively promoted high-tech industries, other sectors are left out. The country is 

divided along ethnic, national, religious and political lines, and income and poverty rate and income 

gap between different segments of society are inequality is among the highest in the Western world 

(Keeley, 2015). According to OECD report, Israel is second only to the United States among developed 

nations in inequality (OECD, 2011) and has the highest percentage of people living below the poverty 

line (OECD, 2016). The Israeli society is experiencing the digital divide, which mainly affects 

Israeli-Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox-Jews (Haredim). This is where the two parts of the economy are 

apparent: even though technology is important, it is only one-third of Israel’s economy and therefore 

more than half of the economy is not advancing (Poch, 2016). 

The research examines the dual structure that characterizes Israeli economy—demonstrating the 

counter relations between the development of technology and the stability of society. The dual structure 

is recognized by the Organization for Economic Co-operation (OECD) as a major social issue, as 

Israel’s economy is registering a remarkable performance with strong growth, but economic gaps and 

lack of social cohesion continue to prevail (OECD, 2018). 

 

2. The Problem: The Dual Structure 

In order to understand the causes and impact of the dual structure, the changes in the economy should 

be explored. The Israeli economy was transformed from the industrial age to the information society. It 

was initially subject to extensive government controls and was gradually converted into a fairly free 

market economy (Halevi, 2018). Israel has significantly transformed from a long established and 

monopolistic system to a more highly developed, sophisticated, and global approach (Kaplan, 2015), 

experiencing an economic turnaround unprecedented in character and scope (Economist, 2010). The 

change began in transforming from a closed and concentrated economy with a large public sector and 

burdensome tax regime, to an open and competitive economy that attracts foreign investments and 

participates in global financial markets (Kaplan, 2015a).  

Israel’s economy continues to perform well both in terms of macroeconomic and fiscal outcomes. 

Growth has averaged 3.3% since 2000, higher than in many OECD countries (OECD, 2018), although 

the percentage of Israelis living under the poverty line was higher in 2016 (18.6%) than in 2000 (17%) 

(Sover-Heruti, 2018). According to the OECD (2018), the Israeli economy has grown faster and more 

consistently than nearly any other in the OECD for over a decade, but labor force participation rates, 

education and skill levels remain low for Israeli-Arabs and the Ultra-Orthodox, contributing to the high 

poverty rates and low productivity. This unique structure means that the economy performs well in 

terms of macroeconomic and fiscal outcomes and is very successful in global competition and 

technological advancement, while the division of society threatens the country’s future economic and 

social development (Carngie Moscow Center, 2015). The dual structure is evident in that alongside the 



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dramatic growth in the economy, Israel experiences a widening of income disparities (Krugman, 2015). 

Former Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug warned that “the country’s economic locomotive 

technology is pulling decrepit railroad cars” (Akerman, 2018). 

The development of technology deprives social and economic issues (Khattab, Miaari, & Stier, 2016), 

as the Israeli society is split in half: on the one hand it is in the information era, while on the other hand 

it is still considered a developing country. Israel has one of the most unequal economies in the Western 

world, with significant gaps between the rich and poor (US News, 2017). This proves that Israel is 

composed of two economies: while technology is highly developed, other sectors are left behind (Sales, 

2015).  

Despite technological development, the dual structure is the result of the country being one of the most 

unequal economies in the Western world. The Israeli economy is characterized by low productivity and 

low standard of living, despite being a leader in the high-tech field (Brand, 2017). Israel has fallen 

behind the rest of the West when it comes to investment in education, healthcare, infrastructure and 

transportation per capita (Schindler, 2018). A study by Taub Center shows that the problem lies in the 

large gap in the labor market: the high-tech sector is characterized by high wages and rapid growth, 

while the rest of the market has low salaries and slow growth. According to the research, the success of 

the high-tech sector in Israel has had little impact on the rest of the economy, with the result that low 

labor mobility created two separate economies—the high-tech and low-tech sectors. In light of these 

findings, it appears that government support of the high-tech industry had only limited impact on the 

rest of the market (Brand, 2017). 

The dual structure is the result of technological and global processes: advancements and improvements 

in technology provoke differences between workers with high skills and those with lower skills, while 

globalization caused the adoption of new technologies in a way that workers that are not prepared or 

don’t know how to use new technologies are penalized (OECD, 2011). The consequence for Israel is 

that the economic structure persists with a small high-tech sector, but also with much larger but less 

efficient traditional industrial and services sectors with lower productivity levels. This structure led to a 

well-paid labor force living at the “core” of the country and a poorly paid labor force living primarily 

on the periphery (Unesco Science Report, 2015). Sales (2015) explains the problem that technology is 

causing in jobs, because almost 60% of jobs in Israel could be lost because they are computerizes.  

The dual structure demonstrates the counter relations between the development of technology and the 

stability of society. Denecke (2017) explains that the high-tech sector is very successful, but this 

success does not benefit the Israeli workforce equally. She claims that the high wages of the Israeli 

high-tech industry benefit only a small, overwhelmingly Jewish and highly educated elite, and 

contribute to the high income inequality, as the majority of the workers in the high-tech sector are 

highly educated and Jewish.  

This situation results in that the duel structure is marked by a lack of social cohesion and significant 

disparities, which penalize parts of the population and threaten the longer-term sustainability of the 



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economy (Gerby, Levi, & Gabizon, 2000). Ultra-Orthodox and Israeli-Arabs’ average skills and 

remuneration levels are low, their families are large and their social transfers are limited (OECD, 2018), 

with weaknesses in education and participation in the labor market (Flug, 2014). As highlighted in the 

2016 OECD Survey, these groups lack the skills needed for well-paid job, and these deficiencies limit 

the effectiveness of their employment gains for lowering poverty and perpetuate the strong disparities 

in formal education with the rest of the population. According to the OECD (2018), enhancing training 

and education for Israeli-Arabs and Ultra-Orthodox is essential to improve their economic 

opportunities and make future growth more sustainable, and reforms and more public investment in 

education would develop their skills, allowing them to find well-paid jobs in high value-added sectors.  

Despite improvement among Arab Israelis and Ultra-Orthodox in education and participation in the 

labor market, there is still a long way to go in narrowing the gaps because of the divides in the Israeli 

society (Wells, 2018). 55% of Israeli Arabs are “proud citizens” of Israel, but 76% reject the definition 

of Israel as a “Jewish state” (Newman, 2016). Only 44.6% of Israeli-Arabs accept Israel as a state with 

a Jewish majority (Lynfiels, 2018) and only two-thirds of Haredim (65%) say that Israel is a Jewish 

state (Few Research Center, 2018). This leads not only to a country with two economies, but also to a 

split society, since long-term population projections anticipate that the demographic composition of 

Israeli society will change substantially over the next 50 years. Based on current fertility rates, Israel’s 

Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) estimates that Ultra-Orthodox and Israeli-Arabs—who make up 

approximately one-third of the total Israeli population today—will comprise about 50% of the 

population in 2059 (Wells, 2018). 

This contradiction of the dual structure of the economy, and consequently the dual structure of society 

too, is embedded so deep into the country that its citizens accept it and live with it (Azran, 2013). Even 

the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has accepted this contradicting policy and the role of 

technology in combating the digital divide. While addressing the economic forum in Hungary, he said: 

“What come first are markets. If you have great technology without markets, without a market-friendly 

economy, you’ll get nowhere. But if you have a market-friendly economy, sooner or later the market 

forces will give you the technology you want” (Netanyahu, 2017).  

 

3. The Solution: Technology  

The dual structure of the economy is evident in that the growth of the technology sector has been 

counter to the social difficulties of the Ultra-Orthodox and Israeli Arabs—although it seems that 

technology is the solution for the dual structure of the economy and society. The rise in social and 

sectorial media allows these groups to bypass the traditional and main-stream channels to improve their 

socio-economic status. The swift development of technology has been a catalyst in that process. It is 

amazing in that respect that the segments of society that are considered poor and underdeveloped are 

also the ones that use social media best. This is becoming a significant factor in Israel due to 

technology advancement, which enables a widespread use of alternative media (alternative to the 



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official ones) and alternative advertising tools (to bypass the limitations of the media, which prevent 

sectional groups from acting freely and reach their audiences). The segmentation of the target groups 

enables the utilization of technological improvements and changes in the media, mainly among the 

Ultra-Orthodox and Israeli-Arab sectors.  

The pluralistic makeup of Israeli society is reflected in the use of social media: Israel has high rates of 

internet usage. More than half of all internet users take active part in social media sites, and a vast 

number of online news and information websites have sprung up (Freedom House, 2016). This can 

explain the rise of sectorial media, since Israel is composed of different ethnic groups. This is where 

technology can be a solution to the dual structure. Israel can benefit from social media since the use of 

technology is widespread and Israelis are leading consumers, serving the different sections of society 

(Hallams, 2010). The impact of social media is particularly notable, since the time spent on Facebook 

per visitor per month among Israelis is one of the highest in the world. According to a report published 

by comScore, an American marketing research company, Israel is ranking seventh globally with around 

68% of all Israeli internet users active on social media. Israelis spend an average of eleven hours daily 

on social networks, almost double the world average of six hours, and ahead of countries like England 

(seven hours) and America (seven hours). Only 6% of Israelis have never used Facebook, according to 

Universal McCann’s social media research study (Goldenberg, 2015).  

The advent of the digital age has led to significant changes to sectorial groups (Wolfsfeld, 2017). A 

growing number of researches suggests that social media alter traditional political uses by 

democratizing access to media sources, speeding the circulation of information, which in turn can 

facilitate and spread collective action (Laursen & Muntean, 2015). Social media provide enormous 

opportunities and challenges to engage with new policy spaces developing around the internet (Adesina, 

2017), and despite the high rate of poverty, Israel can be considered a developed country because of the 

extensive use of its people in social media (Hallams, 2010).  

The Ultra-Orthodox have benefited from the development of technology, despite the fact that the 

community distance itself from the Israeli society. The Haredi society is extreme about religious faith 

and distinguish themselves from the general public in major aspects, including clothing, education and 

sectorial (Cohen, 2006). The segregation of the community weights on the economy since the number 

of Haredim reached one million in 2017, representing 12% of the population (Elis, 2017). The situation 

could become more difficult, since the sector is projected to comprise 16% of the total population by 

2030 and will constitute a third of all citizens and 40% of the Jewish population in 2065.  

Although as mentioned earlier, Israel’s poverty rate is the highest among OECD countries, Kasir and 

Tsachor-Shai (2017) claim that the official poverty index presents only one view of poverty, which does 

not necessarily reflect the unofficial and unreported poverty of the Haredim community. The bright side 

is that social media allows integration of the Ultra-Orthodox into mainstream Israeli society alongside 

sustained cultural isolationism. According to the Israel Democracy Institute (2017), there is increase in 

the numbers of Ultra-Orthodox students in the higher education system, a rise in the number of those 



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taking high-school matriculation exams, and positive trends in employment—despite the continued 

existence of gaps in income. 

The Haredi way of communication is one of the oldest among the sectorial communications factors in 

Israel, and it places itself as a counter-culture to the other groups that make the Israeli society. In 

contrast, new media enables the creation of alternative means to the general communications as a 

service to the religious public, which rejects any expression forms that stands against its values. The 

sectional society of the Haredi public employs in a focused way the new communications technology, 

yet technological innovation creates cultural conflicts between traditional society and social media. 

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in internet use among Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, 

from 28% in 2009 to 43% in 2016. Ultra-Orthodox women use the Internet more than men—47% 

versus 39% (Cahaner, Malach, & Choshen, 2017). While using the internet, a number of filters serve 

orthodox homes, schools, and businesses, obstructing certain words, images, or pages within a site 

that’s allowed. In many communities, recreational internet usage is banned, with special exceptions 

granted only to individuals whose work absolutely requires an internet connection. Nevertheless, 

members of the community connect to the internet despite the rabbinic prohibitions that strictly limit 

internet usage. The number of Haredi internet users has dramatically increased in the last decade (Levi, 

2016). 49% of Haredim use the internet with 40% use both a computer and smartphone to access the 

internet. 56% use only a computer and 4% use only a smartphone (Rosenberg, 2016). 

Social and sectorial media also benefit the Arab population living in Israel. The term “Israeli Arab” 

refers to the Arab minority citizens (Muslim or Christian), which are about 20% of the population. 

Although they share a common identity with the Palestinian people and feel discriminated by Israeli 

Jews, they seek remedies within the framework of the State of Israel (Bard, 2018). The Arab minority - 

one fifth of Israel’s population - have the right to vote and have representatives in the parliament, but 

have traditionally faced discrimination in planning, land use, employment and government budgets 

(Lynfield, 2018).  

Unlike ultra-Orthodox Jews, the Arab sector is eager to acquire education and integrates into modern 

labor market. The proportion of Arab students in universities and colleges currently stands at 17 percent 

and is rapidly approaching the proportion of Arab citizens in the population (London, 2018). Arabs are 

more likely to name economic problems (42%) than security issues (30%) as the biggest long-term 

problem facing Israel. One-in-five Israeli Arabs (20%) point toward social, religious or political 

problems as the biggest challenge facing the country and most of them describe their personal situation 

as “good” or “very good” (Few Research Center, 2016). However, relations between Jewish Israelis 

and citizens of the Arab minority are plummeting, with each side losing faith in coexistence and 

becoming less tolerant of the other (Lynfield, 2018). The main problem is integration in the Israeli 

society. Israeli Jews are divided when it comes to the status of the country’s Arab minority: half say 

Arabs should be expelled or transferred from Israel, while the other half disagree (Few Research Center, 

2016).  



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In recent years there is improvement among Arab Israelis on indicators like international test scores, 

matriculation rates and participation in the labor market (Wells, 2018), as new media and social media 

allow them to maintain their culture and identity while befitting from the growing economy of Israel. 

The influence of the internet and Facebook revolution on the Arab society is felt mainly among the 

younger generation since the majority of young Arab adults use the internet as a source of news and 

information (90%) and most (64%) are open to receiving information in any language, with no 

preference for Arabic or Hebrew (the Israel Internet Society, 2016). 

 

4. Conclusion 

In examining the impact of technology over society, we need to examine the benefits of technological 

advancement on sectors with high poverty rate and inequality compered to more advanced sectors. 

Israel is a perfect example of the impact of technology, being a developed country in terms of 

technology and developing country in terms of social development on the other.  

The Israeli case is unique, because of divisions between different parts of the Israeli society—the 

Ultra-Orthodox and the Israeli-Arabs on the one hand, and the other sectors of the Jewish population on 

the other. These divisions create a unique situation in which the economy and society are split into a 

dual structure of highly advanced economy and a leading global position in all that relates to 

technology, and in contrast communities which are poor and not considered part of the economy and 

technological boom.  

As the research maintains, the problem of the dual structure developed as a result of the supremacy of 

technology in the Israeli economy and the consequent reality that the parts of society which did not 

adapt to the technological revolution are left behind. The research also claims that technology is not 

only the problem, but also the solution. Social and sectorial media allow these communities to maintain 

their culture and identity while benefiting from the technological advancement. The use of social media 

is very high in Israel, in society as a whole and in the poor communities as well, allowing Israel to 

transform from a controlled economy to a free-market economy where all segments of the population 

can benefit from technology, and particularly the less advanced communities which did not get a fair 

chance in the environment of traditional media. 

 

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