July 24, 2024
After two years of unprecedented job growth in the Israeli high-tech industry, during 2022 the trend halted, and the sector has since maintained a relatively stable number of employees (see Figure 1). During this period, we have witnessed significant waves of layoffs in companies that are reducing their workforce to cut costs or are shutting down. In this paper, we analyze the impact of these layoffs on employees and analyze the resulting redistribution of human capital among companies in the industry.