Editing Haredi Judaism (section)

=== Employment ===
{{As of|2013}}, figures from the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel)|Central Bureau of Statistics]] on employment rates place Haredi women at 73%, close to the 80% for the non-Haredi Jewish women's national figure; while the number of working Haredi men has increased to 56%, it is still far below the 90% of non-Haredi Jewish men nationwide.<ref name="HarediMenWomenWorforcePercentageIsrael"/> {{As of|2021}}, most Haredi boys instead go to yeshivas and then continue to study at yeshiva after getting married.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Israel, religious schools begin opening an old world to the new |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2021/0929/In-Israel-religious-schools-begin-opening-an-old-world-to-the-new |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=Christian Science Monitor |date=29 September 2021}}</ref>

The [[Trajtenberg Committee]], charged in 2011 with drafting proposals for economic and social change, called, among other things, for increasing employment among the Haredi population. Its proposals included encouraging military or national service and offering college prep courses for volunteers, creating more employment centers targeting Haredim and experimental matriculation prep courses after yeshiva hours. The committee also called for increasing the number of Haredi students receiving technical training through the [[Industry, Trade and Labour Minister of Israel|Industry, Trade, and Labor Ministry]] and forcing Haredi schools to carry out standardized testing, as is done at other public schools.<ref>{{cite news |title=Measures on Haredim vanish from labor reform |author=Hila Weisberg |url=http://www.haaretz.com/business/measures-on-haredim-vanish-from-labor-reform-1.409444 |newspaper=The Marker - Haaretz |date=2012-01-27 |access-date=15 July 2014}}</ref> It is estimated that half as many of the Haredi community are in employment as the rest of population. This has led to increasing financial deprivation, and 50% of children within the community live below the poverty line. This puts strain on each family, the community, and often the Israeli economy.

The demographic trend indicates the community will constitute an increasing percentage of the population, and consequently, Israel faces an economic challenge in the years ahead due to fewer people in the labor force. A report commissioned by the Treasury found that the Israeli economy may lose more than six billion shekels annually as a result of low Haredi participation in the workforce.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3920489,00.html |title=Haredi unemployment costs billions annually |newspaper=Ynetnews |publisher=Ynetnews.com |date=1995-06-20 |access-date=2014-08-17|last1=Golan |first1=Jonathan }}</ref> The [[OECD]] in a 2010 report stated that, "Haredi families are frequently jobless, or are one-earner families in low-paid employment. Poverty rates are around 60% for Haredim."<ref name="OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Israel">{{cite book|publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |title=OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies |chapter=Israel|date=22 January 2010|issue=1 |page=286}}</ref>

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As of 2017, according to an Israeli finance ministry study, the Haredi participation rate in the labour force is 51%, compared to 89% for the rest of Israeli Jews.<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|title=The difficulty of drafting ultra-Orthodox Jews into Israel's army|url=https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21729787-many-israelis-resent-haredim-who-neither-serve-nor-work-government-has|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=30 September 2017}}</ref>

A 2018 study by Oren Heller, a [[Bituah Leumi|National Insurance Institute of Israel]] senior economic researcher, has found that while [[Economic mobility|upper mobility]] among Haredim is significantly greater than the national average, unlike it, this tends not to translate into significantly higher pay.<ref>"Where did you come from and where are you going?" (Hebrew), ''[[TheMarker]]'' (print edition), pp. 90-97, June 2018.</ref>

Haredi families living in Israel benefited from government-subsidized child care when the father studied Torah and the mother worked at least 24 hours per week. However, after [[Ministry of Finance (Israel)|Israeli Finance Minister]] [[Avigdor Liberman]] introduced a new policy in 2021, families in which the father is a full-time yeshiva student are no longer eligible for a daycare subsidy. Under this policy, fathers must also work at least part-time in order for the family to qualify for the subsidy. The move was denounced by Haredi leaders.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberman cancels daycare subsidies for kids of full-time yeshiva students |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-cancels-daycare-subsidies-for-kids-of-full-time-yeshiva-students/ |access-date=30 October 2021 |work=[[Times of Israel]]}}</ref>