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"A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality" published in PDR

The article outlines three promising research directions in the field of mortality inequalities: The emergence of a "meritocracy" of longevity …

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"Israel as a demographic anomaly" published in Strategic Assessment (with Alex Weinreb)

Our paper discusses Israel's unique demographic profile, situated between Europe and the Middle East. We review recent trends in fertility, …

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Upcoming talk at Stockholm University

SUDA Demographic Colloquium Series (September 19) https://www.su.se/department-of-sociology/calendar/suda-demographic-colloquium-series-1.692353

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Upcoming talk at the University of Texas at Austin

At the Population Research Center and Center on Aging and Population Sciences Friday Seminar Series (March 22). …

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Upcoming talk at Harvard University

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/popcenterevents/social-demography-seminar/past-social-demography-seminars

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Upcoming talk at Oxford University

Sociology Seminar Series at Nuffield College (January 17) Social Inequalities in Bereavement across the Life Course: A Study of Four-Generation …

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Commentary on Measuring Jewish Identity in Population Surveys published in Contemporary Jewry

Measuring Jewish identity in population surveys is challenging. In most countries Jews are a small minority group, which requires wide canvassing …

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A Demographic Perspective on Israel’s Regime Crisis: New paper in Israeli Sociology (with Yossi Harpaz)

Abstract: Against the backdrop of the attempted judicial overhaul, tensions between different sectors in Israeli society are intensifying. In this …

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"Group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality" published in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (with Iñaki Permanyer & Francisco Villavicencio)

A new decomposition method of inequality in length of life to reconcile group- and individual-based approaches to health inequality. Rather than …

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"Black and white differences in subjective survival expectations" published in SSM-Population Health (with Shayna Bernstein)

Do Americans who expect to live longer actually live longer? The answer varies by race and gender. For example, white men on average underestimate …

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Awarded Center Grant from the Ministry of Innovation, Science & Technology

The five-year grant (with Itai Sened, Vered Blass, Asher Tishler, and Hadas Mamane Steindel) will kickstart the Applied Systems Analysis Excellence…

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Demography session at the IIASA-Israel Symposium

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-0pspTC2DU

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Awarded ISF Personal Research Grant to study "the social dynamics of lifespan inequality"

The study will examine inequalities in length of life, over time, by class, gender, and race/ethnicity in Israel and the United States. It will draw…

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"Class-Based Inequalities in Health and Mortality in Israel:" review paper published in Israeli Sociology (with Atalia Regev)

Abstract: Israel, like other high-income countries, exhibits substantial and rising class disparities in health and mortality. Individuals with high…

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Profile on COVID-19 demographic database published in International Journal of Epidemiology

Glad to have taken part in this important project, involving more than 80 researchers worldwide and led by Tim Riffe and Enrique Acosta from the Max…

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Upcoming Webinar: New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality

The Herczeg Institute on Aging at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (University of …

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Aging and COVID-19 mortality: What do we currently know?

COVID-19 is often portrayed as a "disease of the elderly," but is this portrayal supported by the evidence? How does the risk of dying from …

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Persistent regional inequalities in mortality in Finland and Sweden: New article in Population, Space and Place

"Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states" published in PSP (with SUDA …

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Postdoctoral vacancy at the BMI Demography Lab

Recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join my Demography Lab, currently focusing on social inequalities in health and mortality. The position is for 1…

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New article in Middle Eastern Studies

My first foray into historical sociology published in Middle Eastern Studies (with Ronen Shamir). Our study traces the politics of …

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Workshop on Inequalities in Health, Longevity and Aging

I am pleased to announce the 2nd Tel Aviv Workshop on Inequalities in Health, Longevity, and Aging. The workshop is organized in collaboration with …

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