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The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz

Ran Abramitzky · Quarterly Journal of Economics 123(3), 1111-1159 · 2008

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Ran Abramitzky
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DOI 10.1162/qjec.2008.123.3.1111
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedUsing data on kibbutzim hit differently by the late-1980s financial crisis, Abramitzky finds that the most productive members were the most likely to leave, that collective wealth acted as a lock-in device that raised the value of staying, and that higher wealth and ideology supported income equality.