I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University.  My research focuses on the impact of conflict on individual-​level outcomes – including employment, education, fertility, and health – and the economic and political determinants of violence and conflict in developing countries. My research has been published in leading academic journals including The Journal of Population Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of economic Behavior & Organization, Labor Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Review of economics of the Household, Defense and Peace Economics, International Lab​​our Review, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Development studies, Acta Politica,  Climate Change Economics and Oxford University Press.  I have worked as a consultant on issues related to conflict, trade, and development for the World Bank, IMF, USAID, and DFID. I re​ceived my M.A. in Economics in 2003 and my PhD in Economics in 2008, both from the Hebrew University. 

ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5022-1130

Conferences

2025
  • Dec 2025  The Marker, Israel. Imports, diversity, and inflation. Lecture
  • Dec 2025  Ministry of Justice, Israel. Between Gray Credit and Street Murder: The Economy That Fuels Crime in Arab Society. Lecture
  • May 2025 Sciences Po University​. Do Israeli settlements radicalize Palestinians? Lecture
  • Feb 2025 MacMillan Center, Yale University​. Do Israeli settlements radicalize Palestinians? Lecture
2024
  • Sep 2024 Israeli Central Bank workshop, Israel​. The relationship between working in the public sector and the desire to change jobs, evidence from Israel. Discussant
  • Feb 2024 Ibtikar Institute, Israel​. Financial Education among Arabs in Israel​. Discussant
2023
  • June 2023 State Comptroller's Office. Israel The economy of the Arab society: challenges, barriers and opportunities Lecture 
  • June 2023 Annual Conference of the Israeli Economic association. Israel The economy of the Arab society in Israel Organizer 
  • June 2023 University of Ben Gurion. Israel The consequences of the legal reform on the family economy Lecture 
  • April 2023 Western Galilee College, Israel   How can we overcome the barriers in order to achieve sustainable peace? Lecture 
  • Jan 2023 A New World Order. SciencesPo University. Paris The Middle East in a Contemporary Global Perspective Lecture  
2022
  • Nov 2022Israeli Central Bank workshop. Israel The impact of security events on the employment of Israeli Arabs discussant
  • Sep 2022 Sderot Conference. Israel Employment, a look to the future discussant
  • July 2022 Moulay Ismail University of Meknes. Morocco. Gender and equality in the North Africa and Middle Est, Experience and perspectives Lecture
  • June 2022 Israeli Central Bank Conference. Israel The world of future payments Lecture
  • June 2022 Annual Conference of the Israeli Economic association. Israel Income inequality in Israel: a unique development discussant
  • June 2022 Policy Options to Counter the Evisceration of the Palestinian Economy. UN - Jourdan Economics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Historical insights from quantitative analysis Lecture and discussant
  • May 2022 Beit Berl Academic College. Israel Academic Arabs in the Israeli Labor Market: Supply, Demand and Mismatch
  • Lecture
  • Feb 2022 Workshop on “Exposure to Armed Conflict and Private Economic Activity -UK Trade and conflict Lecture
2021
  • July 2021 The Annual Conference of the Israeli Association for the Study of Labor Relations The inclusion and exclusion of Arabs from the labor market Lecture
  • July 2021 The 24th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security.
  • Obstacles on the Road to School Lecture
  • June 2021 The 37th Annual Conference of the Israeli Economic association. Culture values and Employment Organizer and Speaker
  • June 2021 Moldovan Embassy in Israel Future Israeli-Moldovan trade Keynote Speaker
  • April 2021 Global Young Academy – Berlin UNRWA After Trump: The Way Forward Workshop-Speaker
2020
  • Oct 2020 Mada-El Carmel - Israel Do economic changes affect the political preferences of Arabs in Israel? Workshop-Speaker
  • May 2020 Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel; Trade and Conflict Workshop-Speaker
  • Jan 2020 Ruppin Academic College, Israel; Discrimination against Minorities Lecture
2019
  • Dec 2019 Global Challenges in Eurasia & the Middle East, Goethe Institute of Alexandria, Egypt; Political Economy of Israeli-Palestinian conflict Workshop-Speaker
  • Nov 2019 The Pinhas Sapir Economic Policy Forum, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Cultural Belief, religiosity and work Workshop-Speaker
  • Sep 2019 Conflict diplomacy in the digital world at the link campus university, Rome; The Fundamentals of the Palestinian – Israeli Conflict Lecture
  • June 2019 Academic Institute For Structural Reforms, Tel Aviv University, Israel; The Political Economy of the Gaza Strip Poverty, Fundamentalism, Political Violence, and their Resolution Lecture
  • May 2019 BMI’s 4th Annual Conference – Research, Innovation and Global Policy, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Trade and Conflict in Middle East Lecture
  • Mar 2019 A conference in collaboration between the Arab Economic Forum, Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, the Israeli Securities Authority, and Sachnin Municipality; Sachnin; Potential of the TASE as an engine of growth for Arab businesses and society Organizer and Keynote Speaker
  • Mar 2019 MAOZ, develops and networks change-makers in Israel, Israel; Palestinian-Arab Society in Israel: Gaps and Challenges Lecture
  • Jan 2019 The Blavatnik School of Government; Oxford University; UK; Sustaining the Economy Under Conflict Lecture
  • Jan 2019 39th Middle East Economic Association (MEEA) Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Allied Social Sciences Associations (ASSA), Atlant (USA) Do Israeli settlements radicalize Palestinians? Lecture
2018
  • Dec 2018 The Israeli Directors’ Union and Arab Economic Forum's conference; Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE), Israel; Socioeconomic inclusion and diversity Organizer and Keynote Speaker
  • Oct 2018 University ul. Umultowska; Poznań, Poland challenges and opportunities of trade in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict zoneLecture
  • Sep 2018 Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS); Political Economy of Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Lecture
  • June 2018 Sussex; University; UK; Should I trade or should I go (to war)? Lessons from the Second Intifada; Lecture
  • June 2018 Oxford University; UK; Should I trade or should I go (to war)? Lessons from the Second Intifada; Lecture
  • April 2018 Doha; Qatar; The Experience of Muslim Women in Western Labor Markets; Lecture and Discussant
  • April 2018 Amsterdam; Netherlands; Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS); Training
  • Feb 2018 Exeter University; UK; One Democratic State in Historic Palestine; Workshop-Speaker    
2017
  • Nov 2017 The General Assembly– The World Parliament; Berlin; Regulations of the Global Economy; Lecture
  • Oct 2017 Department of International Development; Oxford New perspectives on the political economy of the Middle East; Workshop-Attending
  • Sep 2017 The Curiosity Carnival; Oxford; I'm a Researcher, Get me out of here; Public Competition for Researchers 
  • May 2017 The High Fellow up Committee for Arab in Israel; Human Capital and Economic Development; Organizer and Keynote Speaker
  • May 2017 Madar Institute- Ramallah; Palestinian-Arab Society in Israel: Gaps and Challenges; Lecture
  • Jan 2017 Van Leer Jerusalem Institute; The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on the Working Poor; Lecture
2016
  • Sep 2016 Masirh, Israel; Poverty among Palestinian Women in Israel; Keynote Speaker
  • Sep 2016 Robert Bosch Academy, Germany; Employment and poverty in Israel – a gender and ethnic perspective; Lecture
  • May 2016 Ministry of Education, Israel; Learning the hard way: The effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement; Keynote Speaker
  • May 2016 Joint, Israel; Educational-Occupational Mismatch as a Generator of Income Inequality in Israel; Keynote Speaker
  • Mar 2016 Sapir Conference (Sapir Academic College, Israel; The politics of the work; Lecture
  • Mar 2016 Middle East Economic Association, 15th International Conference (Doha, Qatar); Should I trade or should I go (to war)? Lessons from the Second Intifada; Lecture
2015
  • Oct 2015 Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany); Israeli settlements and the radicalization of the Palestinians; Lecture
2014
  • Dec 2014 Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS); Economics in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Organizer and Lecture
  • Nov 2014 Haifa University; Civilian Terror: Crime and violence among the Israeli Arab; Lecture
  • Jan 2014 Eamaar Association For Economic Development; Poverty Among Israeli Arab Community; Discussant
  • Jan 2014 Mandel Leadership Institute- Israel; Labor Market Discrimination; Lecture
2013
  • Oct 2013 Too Young to Retire – Too Old to Work (Tel-Aviv, Israel); Age Discrimination in Israel- an EEOC Perspective; Discussant
2011
  • Jun 2011 Governance, Development, and Political Violence Workshop (San Diego, USA); Attending
  • Apr 2011 Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany); The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada; Lecture
2010
  • Sep 2010 Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany); Ethnic Conflict and Labor Market Segregation; Lecture
  • Feb 2010 Global Costs of Conflict Workshop; Institute for Economic Research (DIW) (Berlin, Germany); Ethnic Conflict and Labor Market Segregation; Lecture
  • Feb 2010 Bar-Ilan University, Department of Economics (Israel); Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations; Lecture
  • Jan 2010 Conflicts and Society in Israel, University of Tarragona-Spain (URV); The Cost of Conflict; Lecture
2009
  • Apr 2009 London School of Economics Department of Economics (London, UK); Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations; Lecture
  • Feb 2009 European University Institute, Department of Economics (Florence, Italy); Ethnic Conflict and Labor Market Segregation; Lecture
  • Feb 2009 European University Institute Meeting, (Florence, Italy); Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada ; Lecture
  • Jan 2009 Haifa University ( Israel); Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations; Lecture
2008
  • Dec 2008 Bank of Israel, Hebrew University; Ben-Gurion University; Tel Aviv University ( Israel); Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations; Lecture
  • Nov 2008 European University Institute, Academic Careers Observatory Conference (Florence, Italy); University Autonomy and the Globalization of Academic Careers; Lecture
  • Oct 2008 European University Institute, Max Weber Programme (Florence, Italy); On causality in economic research: the use of ‘natural experiments’ and ‘calibration’; Lecture
2007
  • Nov 2007 Bank of Israel, (Jerusalem, Israel); Ethnic Conflict and Labor Market Segregation; Lecture
2005
  • May 2005 22nd - Economic Conference of the Israel Economics Association (Jerusalem, Israel); The Labor Market Costs of Conflict; Lecture