ABSTRACT
This study briefly discusses several aspects oflsraels economicgrowth. The first two sections concern the overall andper-capita growth rates of the Israeli economy in comparison with other high-growth economies. These sections also deal with the increase in factor productivity. Section 3 ponders the possible contribution to Israel’s brisk growth rate of mass immigrant absorption in the pre-1952 period. The final section briefly illuminates two different aspects of the contribution of Israel’s import surplus to its economic growth.
