OFER SETTY

 

 

Academic Position

2010 - present       Lecturer (tenure track), The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University

 

Education

2004 - 2010           Ph.D. in Economics, New York University.

                              Thesis committee and references: Professor Gianluca Violante (Chair),
Professor Gian Luca Clementi, and Professor Lars Ljungqvist.

                              Thesis Title: “Essays on Unemployment Policies”

2002 - 2004           M.A. in Economics, Tel Aviv University, Cum Laude

1998 - 2000           M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Cum Laude
                  Thesis Title:

                              “An Inventory Routing Problem with Dynamic Deterministic Demand”

1994 - 1998           B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Cum Laude

 

Fields of Interest

Macroeconomics, Public finance

 

Working Papers

“Search and Work in Optimal Welfare Programs” with Nicola Pavoni and Gianluca Violante

“Unemployment Accounts”

“Optimal Unemployment Insurance with Monitoring”

 

Work in progress

“Age-dependent Social-Security Programs”

“Integrated Social Insurance Programs”

 

Teaching Experience

 

2011-2012             Macroeconomics I, Tel Aviv University

2009 - 2010           Intermediate Macroeconomics, NYU, TA

2007 (spring)         Macroeconomics II (PhD), NYU, TA (for Gianluca Violante)

2005 - 2008           Principles of Economics, NYU, TA

2003 (fall)              Principles of Economics (Faculty of Engineering), Tel Aviv University, Lecturer

 

Awards and Fellowships

 

2011-2014             Israeli Science Foundation, $90,000, grant No. 418/11.

2010-2014             Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, European Commission, “Design and Evaluation of Social Insurance Policies”, €100,000, EC Ref. No. 276770.

2011 - 2012           The Pinhas Sapir Center for Development, Tel Aviv University, Research Grant

2010                      W.E. Upjohn Institute - best Ph.D. dissertation on employment-related issues. Honorable mention.

2010 - 2011           The Pinhas Sapir Center for Development, Tel Aviv University, Research Grant

2004 - 2008           McCracken Fellowship, New York University

 

Professional Activities

 

Seminars               

2012                      University of Haifa, Stockholm University (planned)

2011                      European University Institute, Cornell, University of Virginia, Wharton

2010                      Georgetown University, Ohio State University, Penn State University, Richmond FED, Autonoma, Queen Mary University of London,

2009                      Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University, Ben Gurion University, University of Haifa, Bar Ilan University

2008                      New York University

 

Conference presentations

2012                      The 5th Economic Day, Ensai, Rennes

                              Economic Workshop at IDC, Interdisciplinary center, Herzliya

2011                      Society for Economics Dynamics (Ghent)

2010                      Nordic Macro Symposium, Helsinki

2009                      Society for Economics Dynamics (Istanbul)

 

Refereeing            Economic Inquiry, The Economic Journal, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review , Macroeconomic Dynamics, Review of Economic Dynamics