Aviad Tur-Sinai The Program of Conflict Resolution Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Email: tursinai@bgu.ac.il September 2013 EDUCATION 2010 Phd in Economics, Tel Aviv University, The Eitan Berglas School of Economics. Advisor: Prof. Daniel Tsiddon Thesis Title: "Economic Implications of the Second Intifada on Consumption and Employment Patterns in Israel" 2003 M.A. in Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Magna Cum Laude. Advisor: Prof. Saul Lach Thesis Title: "Social Interactions and Heterogeneity of the Goal Function Under Price Dispersion: An Econometric Analysis of the Israeli Economy". 1999 Advanced Studies for B.A. Graduate Students in Accounting, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1997 B.A. in Economics and Accounting, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. CURRENT POSITION 2010 Adjunct Faculty, The Program of Conflict Resolution, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. OTHER EXPERIENCE 2013 Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 2007 2013 Senior Researcher, The Chief Scientist Department, Central Bureau of Statistics. 1996 1997 Research Assistance for Prof. Reuben Gronau, The Department of Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. FIELDS OF INTERESTS Labor Economics; Social Economics; Health Economics; Aging; Immigration; Jews-Arab Population; Urban Economics; Defense Economics; Applied Econometrics. PUBLICATIONS "Working While Learning or Learning While Working? Employment of First-Degree Students and its Implications on their Course of Studies" (with Dmitri Romanov and Noam Zussman), Central Bureau of Statistics, Working Paper No. 31, October 2007, (In Hebrew). "Overeducation, Job Mobility, and Earnings Mobility Among Holders of First Degrees in Israel" (with Dmitri Romanov and Galit Eizman), Central Bureau of Statistics, Working Paper No. 39, June 2008. "Adaptation Processes and Consumer Behavior Under Uncertainty Security Conditions", ENS Working Paper No. 11, Samuel Neaman Institute, The Technion, January 2009, (In Hebrew).
"Is Job Stability at the Career Beginning Good for Its Development Later On? Lessons From the Security-Services Industry" (with Dmitri Romanov), ENS Working Paper No. 12, Samuel Neaman Institute, The Technion, February 2010, (In Hebrew). "Terrorism, Consumption Patterns and Adaptation", in Ganor, B. and Azani, E. (eds.), The Global Impact of Terrorism 2008, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, IDC Herzliya, 2010. "National Expenditure on Health and Elderly Care - Financing Mixture and Forecasts" (with Leah Achdut, Tuvia Horev. Nir Kaidar,Tzahit Simon-Tovel and Francice Wood), State Preparedness for an Aging Population, The 12 th Annual Dead Sea Conference on National Health Policy, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, 2011, (In Hebrew). "Economic Incentives" (with Leah Achdut, Shay Brill, Tuvia Horev. Nir Kaidar and Sigal Regev- Rosenberg), State Preparedness for an Aging Population, State Preparedness for an Aging Population, The 12 th Annual Dead Sea Conference on National Health Policy, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, 2011, (In Hebrew). "Is there a Municipal Boundary? Inequality Gaps Regarding Income and the Value of Residential Property Between Tel - Aviv and Its Neighbors", The Bank of Israel Survey, 2011, Vol. 85, pp. 141-174 (In Hebrew). "The Value of Residential Property as an Indicator of Socio-Economic Level", (with Larisa Fleishman and Yury Gubman), The Economic Quarterly, 2011, No. 58, Vol. 3/4, pp. 199-231 (In Hebrew). "Characteristics of Studies and Integration into the Labour Market Among First-Degree Recipients From Institutions of Higher Education in Israel 1999-2008" (with Dmitri Romanov), Central Bureau of Statistics, Special Publication No. 1471, 2012 (In Hebrew). "Self-Reported Dwelling Valuations How Accurate Are They?", (with Larisa Fleishman and Dmitri Romanov), The Economic Quarterly, 2012, No. 59, Vol. 1/2, pp. 79-109 (In Hebrew). "Standard of Living, Poverty and Inequality Among Israelis Aged 50 and Older a Multi-Dimensional Analysis" (with Leah Achdut and Rita Troitsky), in L. Achdut and H. Litwin (eds.), Changes in the Second Half of Life, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013 (In Hebrew). "Transitions between modes of labor force participation and retirement patterns: the role of demography, health, wealth and quality perception of work " (with Leah Achdut and Rita Troitsky), in L. Achdut and H. Litwin (eds.), Changes in the Second Half of Life, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013 (In Hebrew). "Municipal Authorities Ranking by the Socio-Economic Index" (with Shlomo Yitzhaki and Yolanda Golan), Central Bureau of Statistics, Working Paper No. 77, August 2013, (In Hebrew). "We ll Gladly Hire Anyone Who Wants to Work Is It So? The Story of Persons with Disabilities in the Labor Market ", 2013 (forthcoming). Dwelling Price Ranking vs. Socio-Economic Ranking: Possibility of Imputation, (with Larisa Fleishman and Yury Gubman), Journal of Official Statistics, 2013 (submitted). "Is Job Stability at the Outset of One's Career Good for Its Continuation?", (with Dmitri Romanov), IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2013 (submitted). "Immigration, Occupation, Education and Their Influence on the Human Capital in Israel" (with Efrat Averbach), Migration Studies, 2013 (submitted). II
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The 5 th Annual Conference of the European Survey Research Association, Ljubliana, Slovenia, July 2013. The 36 th Annual Scientific Meeting, The International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), July 2013. The 29 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2013. The 5 th International Jerusalem Conference on Health Policy, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, June 2013. The 4 th Annual Conference, The ESPAnet ISRAEL, January 2013. The International Conference on Migration and Well-Being: Research Frontiers, The International Sociological Association Research Committee on Sociology Migration, January 2013. Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Israel - The SHARE Project: Starting the Longitudinal Dimension, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, October 2012. The 24 th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists, Bonn, Germany, September 2012. The 28 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, May 2012. The 9 th Annual Health Policy Conference, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research, March 2012. The 52 nd Annual Conference, The Israeli Geographical Association, December 2011. The 12 th Annual Dead Sea Conference on National Health Policy, November 2011. The 27 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2011. "Gaza - Sderot: From Crisis to Sustainability", The Sapir College, February 2011. The Bank of Israel Research Department Annual Conference, December 2010. "Regional Challenges During Economic Crisis", The Annual Conference of the International Regional Association, November 2010. The 26 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2010. "The State of Research on Higher Education in Arab Society", The United-States Israel Educational Foundation", December 2009. The 25 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2009. Society of Labor Economists Meeting, Boston (MA), May 2009. Midwest Economics Association Annual Meeting, Cleveland (Ohio), March 2009. The 8 th Annual International Conference on Global Terrorism, The International Institute for Counter Terrorism, September 2008. The 24 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2008. III
"The Higher-Education System In Israel Main Characteristics and Future Thoughts", Ariel University Center of Samaria, April 2008. The 4 th Annual Conference, The Israeli Psychometric Association, January 2008. The 23 rd Annual Conference, The Israeli Economic Association, June 2007. "The Israeli Society, The National Security and All Between Them", Jeffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel-Aviv University, June 2006. INVITED SEMINARS The School of Economics, Ashkelon Academic College, June 2013. The Department of Management Health Administration, Bar Ilan University, July 2012. The Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, June 2012. The Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, June 2012. The Department of Geography, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, May 2012. The Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University, January 2012. The Department of Public Policy & Administration, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, October 2010. The Department of Economics, Bar Ilan University, June 2010. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, June 2010. The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, February 2010. The Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, November 2009. The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, June 2009. The Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, April 2009. The Department of Economics, Haifa University, January 2009. Planning & Budgeting Committee, August 2008. Planning & Budgeting Committee, November 2007. The Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, June 2006. The Arison School of Business, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, May 2006. The Micro & Business Seminar, The Central Bureau of Statistics, February 2006. The Forum of National Security Research, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, The Technion, January 2006. The Research Departmental Seminar, The Bank of Israel, December 2005. The Forum of National Security Research, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, The Technion, June 2005. IV
The Micro Seminar, The Central Bureau of Statistics, May 2004. The Research Departmental Seminar, The Bank of Israel, September 2003. SERVICE AT PROFESSIONAL FORUMS 2013 The Forum of Immunization Policy in Israel, The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Tel Aviv University (Academic Chairpersons: Prof. Jonathan M. Gershoni and Prof. Nadav Davidovitch). 2012 The Forum of Health Policy, Taub Center of Social Policy Studies in Israel. 2012 The Forum of Social Welfare Policy, Taub Center of Social Policy Studies in Israel. 2012 The Forum of Examination the Defense Budget in Israel, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. 2011 The Forum of Labor Policy, Taub Center of Social Policy Studies in Israel. 2011 The Forum of Examination Curriculum Reform in the Israeli Higher Education System, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. 2011 The Forum of Examination Social Relations, the Defense Sectors and the IDF, The Institute for National Security Studies. 2007 2010 The Security Space Forum The Territorial Dimension of Security in Israel, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. 2003 2006 The Forum of National Security Research, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, The Technion. SERVICE AT PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES 2011 Committee Member (The Economic Team), The 12 th Annual Dead Sea Conference on National Health Policy, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research (Chairperson: Prof. Jack Habib). 2010 Committee Member, The Housing Market in Israel, with the Bank of Israel, Israeli Employment Service, Ministry of Construction & Housing and Association of Contractors and Builders in Israel (chairperson: Prof. Zvika Eckstein). 2009 2012 Committee Organizer, The Committee for Publishing the Integrating Characteristics in Labor Market of Those who Study at the Higher Education System, (Chairperson: Prof. Zvika Eckstein). 2008 Committee Member, Measuring Methods of Estimating Benefits, Wages and Savings, with the National Insurance Institute of Israel, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Industry-Trade & Labor and OECD. 2008 2010 Committee Member, The ICBS Committee for Measuring Human Capital Through the Integration of Immigrants in the Labor Market in Israel. HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND RESEARCH SUPPORT 2004-2008 Research Fellowship, The Forum of National Security Research, The Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology, The Technion 2003 2008 Doctoral Fellowship, The Eitan Berglas School of Economics 1999 Rector's Master's Prize, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1998 1999 Master Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1995 Dean's list, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem V
MEMBERSHIP The Israel Economic Association The Israel Statistical Association The Israel Psychometric Association The Israel Gerontological Society Regional Science Association JOURNAL REFEREEING EXPERIENCE Education Economics TEACHING EXPERIENCE ( * - Teaching Assistant, UG Undergraduate, G - Graduate) Ben Gurion University of the Negev The Israel-Arab Conflict Economic Implications (G); International Conflicts and Conflict Resolution Economic Aspects (G); Conflicts Between Individuals, Groups and Organizations Social and Economic Implications (G); Tel-Aviv University Introduction to Economics (UG); Seminar: Topics in Defense Economics (UG); Accounting for Economics (UG) * ; Topics Regarding the Israeli Economy (UG) * ; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem SAS Programming (U); Models of Growth (U) * ; Price Theory II (U) * ; Measurement Issues in Accounting II (U) * ; Advanced Econometrics for Graduate Students (G) * ; Market Structure for Graduate Students (G) * ; VI