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NEWSPAPER ARTICLES (click
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (click here)
FIELDS
OF INTEREST
Macroeconomics
Search
and Matching Models of the Labor Market
Financial
markets and labor markets
International
monetary economics
International
migration
EDUCATION
1986 The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
B.A., Economics and Psychology, with distinction
1988 The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
M.A., Economics, with distinction
1992 The Hebrew
PhD, Economics
ACADEMIC
POSITIONS
1992/3- 1999/2000
Lecturer
of Economics
2000/1 University of Haifa
Senior Lecturer of Economics
2001/2- 2005/6
Senior
Lecturer of Economics
2006/7-current Tel Aviv University
Associate Professor of Economics
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
December 2000-
current IZA Research Fellow
February 2001 -
current CEPR Research Fellow
in International Macroeconomics
March 2004 - current CEPR Research Fellow in
Labor Economics
October 2004 –
December 2010 CEP (LSE) Research
Associate
June 2010 – current CReAM (University College, London)
Research Fellow
VISITING
APPOINTMENTS
Department
of Economics, MIT
1989
Visiting
Scholar (Fall Semester)
1991 Post Doctoral
Visiting Scholar (Spring Semester)
1991/2 Visiting Faculty
(Fall Semester)
DELTA, Ecole Normale Superieure
(
1990 Post Doctoral Visitor
(Fall Semester)
Department
of Economics and Finance,
HEC
1993-2001 Visiting Professor
Department
of Economics ,
1992,
1994 Visiting
Assistant Professor
2003 Visiting
Associate Professor
Department
of Economics, London School of Economics
2003/4, 2004/5 and 2005/6 Visiting Reader
ACADEMIC
HONOURS AND GRANTS
1986 Golda Meir Fellow,
1987 Prof. Gelfat's Award, Economics Department,
1990/1991 Rothschild Fellowship for
Post Doctoral Studies
1994 Gaaton Prize for Empirical Research, the Bank of
2000/1
Israel Science Foundation grant for research on unemployment in
2000,
2001, 2002
BNP-Paribas
2004/5 Bank of
2004-6 Israel
Science Foundation grant for research on the Determination of Wages and
Unemployment in a Macroeconomic Model of Search and Bargaining
2008-2009 Tel Aviv University
grant
for research on the behavior of exchange rates and fundamentals
2009-2010 Tel Aviv University
grant
for research on the patterns of Arab Israeli labor force participation
2010 Sapir Forum, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University, grant for research on employment
policy for Israeli Arabs
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (see also experience.html
)
1987-1990 Economics Department,
Introduction to Economics, Macroeconomics
1991
Economics Department,
Tutorial on Hyperinflations and Stabilization
1991 Economics Department, MIT
Econometrics
1992,1994
Economics
Department,
International Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics
1998-1999
The Recanati Business School,
Macroeconomics for Executive MBA
1993 - 2001 HEC
International Macroeconomics
2000-2001
Economics Department, University of Haifa
Econometrics, International Monetary Economics
1992- current Economics Department, Tel Aviv University
Macroeconomics,
International Monetary Economics
The labor market from a macroeconomic perspective
2003 Economics Department,
Global Business Environment: Trade and Investment, Macroeconomics and Finance
2003 -2004, 2004 -2005, 2005 -2006 London School of
Economics, Department of Economics
Macroeconomics,
International Monetary Economics, Labor Markets from a Macroeconomic
Perspective
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
2001,
2002 Israel
Science Foundation - member of scientific committee
2001/2 European Economic
Association Annual Congress 2002, program committee member
2003
– 2005 Co-Editor,
Economics Quarterly (in Hebrew)
2003 – current Associate Editor, European Economic Review
2003
– current Member of
editorial board, Journal of International Economics and Economic Policy
2006 – current Associate Editor, Labour Economics
REFEREE
WORK
Journals
Journal of Political
Economy, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Review of
Economic Dynamics, International Economic Review, Journal of the European
Economic Association, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of International
Economics, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Economic
Dynamics and Control, Economica, Journal of Money,
Credit, and Banking, European Journal of Political Economy, Contemporary
Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Population Economics,
Labour, Economics Quarterly.
Institutions
Social Sciences and Humanities
Research Council of Canada
Israel Science
Foundation
German Israeli
Foundation (GIF)
The Open University,
Israel
SEMINARS
U.S.: Harvard, MIT, Princeton (2), Northwestern (2), Columbia (2), NYU economics
(2), NYU Stern School (2), Maryland, Minneapolis Fed, NY Fed, NBER meetings
(5).
Europe: LSE (6), UCL (2), LBS (2), Bank
of England (3), Oxford, Imperial College, Essex, Birbeck
College (3), Bristol, Queen Mary, Tinbergen Institute (3), DELTA, HEC (2),
INSEAD (2), CEMFI, Norwegian Business School, University of Oslo, Bonn,
University of Cyprus, CEPR meetings (4).
Conferences: Conference in honor
of Dale Mortensen (invited speaker, Denmark 2004), Essex Economics conference
(2005), UQAM, Montreal Search Conference (2006), SED conferences (Oxford 1997,
Paris 2003, Budapest 2005, Prague 2007, Istanbul 2009), International Macro
conference – Fundacion Rafael de Pino,
Madrid (2009), Sandbjerg, Denmark, LMDG conference
(2009), CREI Macro-Labor conference, UPF, Barcleona
(2009), SOLE/EALE meetings, London
(2010)
Other:
Goldman Sachs (London), Statistical Institute - New Delhi
PRESENTATIONS
IN CONFERENCES
1990 European Economic
Association Annual Congress in
1991 Latin American Meeting
of the Econometric Society in Punta del Este (
1992 NBER Conference in
International Economic Association World
Congress in
1993 World Bank - Horowitz
Institute Conference in Tel Aviv on Financial Factors in Economic
Stabilization and Growth
1995 Society of
Economic Dynamics and Control Annual Meeting in Barcelona
International Economic Association World
Congress in Tunis
1996 Labor Markets in
Equilibrium, CREST/INSEE, Paris
52nd Congress of the International
Institute of Public Finance, Tel Aviv
NBER Economic Fluctuations program
meeting, Chicago
1997 Society of
Economic Dynamics Meetings, Oxford
NBER Summer Institute, Cambridge
1998 NBER Small Group
EF meeting, Stanford
The Rao Aiyagari Memorial Conference, Tel Aviv and Haifa
2001 ESSIM, CEPR
Maale Hachamisha, Israel
2001 IZA, Bonn
Conference on financial markets and
labor markets
2002
CEPR/CREST conference on unemployment dynamics, Paris
NBER Summer
Institute,
2003 Society of Economic Dynamics Meetings, Paris
2004 Conference in Honor of Dale Mortensen, Sandjberg,
Denmark
2005 Society of
Economic Dynamics Meetings, Budapest
2007 Society of
Economic Dynamics Meetings,
2008 ESSIM, CEPR ,
2009 Society of Economic
Dynamics Meetings,
International Macro conference – Fundacion Rafael de Pino, Madrid
Sandbjerg,
Denmark, LMDG conference
CREI Macro-Labor conference, UPF,
Barcleona
2010 SOLE/EALE meetings,
London
2011 NBER
conference, Aarhus
WORK EXPERIENCE AND CONSULTANCIES
1986-1988 Economist at the
Foreign Currency Department, Bank
of Israel
1989-1990
Consultant for Nirim, a Tel Aviv Portfolio Management Company
1992-2001 Consultant
for Kali Income
Management
1993-1994 Member, Board of
Directors and Investment Committee, Hapoalim Mutual Funds
1993- 1994 Consultant
for Goldman Sachs
1993-2000 Member,
Investment Committee, Israel
Museum
1993- 2003 Consultant
for the Israeli Ministry of Labor
1994-1999, 2001-2 Member, Board of Directors and Investment Committee, Menora-Gaon Provident Funds
1994-2003 Member,
Board of Directors, Menora-Gaon Underwriting
1995-2001 Member,
Investment Committee, Netivot Provident
Funds
1995- 1999 Member,
Board of Directors, Koor Provident Funds
2003 Member,
Board of Directors and Chairman, Investment Committee, Phoenix-Hadar
Provident Funds
2005 - 2006 Consultant, Bank
of England
2007 Consultant,
Adalya Economic Consulting
2007 – current Consultant,
Research Department, Bank
of Israel
2009 Head of
Macroeconomics, Caesarea Economic Policy Planning Forum
2009 - 2010 Member
of Employment Policy committee, Bank
of Israel and Israeli Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor
2009 - current Consultant, Israeli Ministry of Trade, Industry and Labor
2010 - current Member
of Macroeconomic Forum of the Director General, Israeli Ministry of Finance
2010 – current Head of Macroeconomics Team, Taub Center for Policy Research
2010 – current Member of the Aix group (forum for Palestinian-Israeli
economic dialogue)
2011-2012 Consultant, Bank
of England