Researches

PUBLICATIONS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

1- The Labor Market Costs of Conflict: Closures, Foreign Workers, and Palestinian Employment and Earnings.

(2011). (with Robert Sauer), Review of Economics of the Household, 9(1), pp.129-148. DOI: 1007/s11150-009-9081-6.

2- Ethnic Conflict and Job Separations.

(2011). (with Asaf Zussman and Noam Zussman); Journal of Population Economics,  25(2), pp. 419-437 DOI: 1007/s00148-011-0383-7.

3- The Struggle for Palestinian Hearts and Minds: Violence and Public Opinion in the Second Intifada.

(2012). (with David Jaeger, Esteban Klor, and Daniele Paserman), Journal of Public Economics, 96(3-4), pp. 354-368. Select Media CoverageThe Washington Post. DOI: 1016/j.jpubeco.2011.12.001.

4- The Occupational Mismatch amongst Palestinians and Jews in Israel: A new evidence from the LFS 2000-2010.

(2013). (With Nabil Khatab). Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 34, pp. 1–13. DOI: 1016/j.rssm.2013.07.002.

5- Can Militants Use Violence to Win Public Support? Evidence from the Second Intifada.

(2014). (with David Jaeger, Esteban Klor, and Daniele Paserman). Journal of Conflict Resolution. 59(3), Pages 528-549. DOI: 1177/0022002713516843.

6- Employment Restrictions and Political Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

(2014). (with Asaf Zussman and Noam Zussman). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 101, Pages 24–44. DOI: 1016/j.jebo.2014.02.002.

7- The labor market impact of mobility restrictions: Evidence from the West Bank.

(2018). (with Massimiliano Calì). Labour Economics. Volume 51,  Pages 136-151. DOI: 1016/j.labeco.2017.12.005.

8- Voting Patterns and the Gender-wage Gap.

(2018). (with Wifaq Adnan). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. Volume 146,  Pages 222-247. DOI: 1016/j.jebo.2017.12.027.

9- Religion and ethnicity at work: A study of British Muslim women’s labour market performanc

(2018). Quality & Quantity, (with Ron Johnson and Nabil Khattab). 53, 19–47. DOI: 10.1007/s11135-018-0721-x.

11- Learning the hard way: The effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement.

(2019). (With Tilman Brauk and Michele Di Maio).  Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 1502–1537. DOI: 1093/jeea/jvy051.

12- Muslim women in the Canadian labour market: Between ethnic exclusion and religious discrimination.

(2019). (With Nabil Khattab, Marwan Mohamed-Ali and Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder). Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Volume 61, Pages 52-64. DOI: 1016/j.rssm.2018.11.006.

13- Visible Minorities in the Canadian Labour Market: Disentangling the Effect of Religion and Ethnicity.

(2020).  (With Nabil Khattab and Marwan Mohamed-Ali). Ethnicities, 20(6), 1218-1245. DOI: 1177/1468796819847750.

14- Male-Female Wage Differential in the West Bank and Gaza: A Gender-Based Analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

(2020). (With Amit Loewenthal).  Defense and Peace Economics. 31(8), pages 939-956. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2020.1768340.

18- How civilian attitudes respond to the state’s violence: Lessons from the Israel-Gaza conflic

(2023). (Amit Loewenthal and Alexei Abrahams,) Conflict Management and Peace Science. 40(4), 441-463. DOI: 10.1177/07388942221097325.

19- Obstacles to Labour Market Participation among Arab Women in Israel .

(2023). (with Nabil Khattab and Maha Sabbah). International Labour Review. Volume162, Issue4, Pages 587-614. DOI: 1111/ilr.12386.

20- Aid and radicalization: the case of Hamas in the West Bank and Gaza”.

(2023). (with Amit Loewenthal and Anke Hoeffler). Journal of Development studies. 59:8, 1187-1212. DOI: 1080/00220388.2023.2197546.

22- Exports, employment and conflict: Evidence from the Second Intifada.

(2024). (with Massimiliano Calì).  * Winner, 2016, Middle East Economic Association Prize; “Best Paper Award” for the best paper presented at any of MEEA conferences between January 2016 and January 2017. Journal of Conflict Resolution. 69(4), 673-700. DOI: 1177/00220027241261665.

23- Socioeconomic Marginalization and Political Preferences: Evidence from Palestinian Arabs in Israel.

(2025). (with Amit Loewenthal and Wifag Adnan). Acta Politica Journal. 60, 572–593 . DOI: 1057/s41269-024-00341-x.

24- Arab Representation in Israeli Healthcare Professions: Achievements, Challenges and Opportunities.

(2025). (With Bruce Rosen). Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 14, 7. DOI: 1186/s13584-024-00663-3.

25- Climate Shocks and Child Labor: Evidence from Palestine.

(2026). (with Yousef Daas and Yousef Hsalaq). Climate Change Economics. (forthcoming). DOI: 10.1142/S2010007825500174

27- How do the incomes of Israeli Arab physicians compare with those of Israeli Jewish physicians?.

(2026). (With Bruce Rosen). Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. (forthcoming).

28- Barriers and Opportunities: Disability and Labor Market Inclusion in Palestine.

(2026).  (with Yousef Daas). Journal of Social and Economic Development. (forthcoming).

EDITING BOOKS

1- Palestinians in the Israeli Labour Market: A multi-disciplinary approach.

(2013). (with Nabil Khattab). Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 1057/9781137336453.

2- Socioeconomic Inequality in Israel A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis.

(2016). (with Nabil Khattab and Haya Stier) forthcoming, Palgrave Macmillan. DOI: 1057/9781137544810.

3- Political economic perspectives of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

(2019). (with Massimiliano Calì) Defense and Peace Economics Journal. DOI: 1080/10242694.2020.1827359.

CHAPTERS IN ACADEMIC VOLUMES

1- Unemployment Dynamics Among the Arab Minority in Israel: Evidence from Panel

(2008), in Adel Manna (ed.) “Arab Society in Israel (2): Population, Society, Economy,” Jerusalem: The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Volume 2, Pp: 35-54.

2- The persistent Wage Gaps between Arabs and Jews in Israel, 1997-2009.

(2013). in Khattab N. and Miaari S. (eds.’) Palestinians in the Israeli Labour Market: A multi-disciplinary approach. Palgrave Macmillan. Pp: 61-84.  (With Nabil Khattab). DOI: 1057/9781137336453_4.

3- On the Reserve Bench: The Arab Employees in Israel.

(2013). in Khattab N. and Miaari S. (eds.’) Palestinians in the Israeli Labour Market: A multi-disciplinary approach. Palgrave Macmillan. Pp: 11-36. (With Nabil Khattab). DOI: 1057/9781137336453_2

4- A Systematic Review of the Socio-Economic Effects of Exposure to Political Violence.

(2020). in Charles W. Greenbaum, Muhammad M. Haj-Yahia, and Carolyn Hamilton  (eds.) “Handbook of Political Violence and Children: Psychosocial Effects, Intervention, and Prevention Policy,” Oxford University Press. Pages 96–124. (with Amit Loewenthal). DOI: 1093/oso/9780190874551.003.0004

5- “The Effect of the Separation Wall on the West Bank Labor Market.

(2023).   B.TAURIS. Pages: 269–294. (with Đorđe Milosav).  DOI: 10.5040/9780755648337.ch-012.