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Academic research on conflict and development, delivering data-driven insights for informed decision-making.
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PUBLICATIONS IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS
(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 Coverage: The Washington Post. DOI: 1016/j.jpubeco.2011.12.001.
(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.
10- An Analysis of the Public-Private Wage Differential in the Palestinian Labor Market.
(2018). Defense and Peace Economics.31(3), 289–314. DOI: 1080/10242694.2018.1473137.
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.
(2020). (With Amit Loewenthal). Defense and Peace Economics. 31(8), pages 939-956. DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2020.1768340.
15- Explaining crime among Palestinian society in Israel: Socioeconomic factors vs. cultural factors.
(2020). Israeli Affairs Journal (77).
(2021). (with Nabil Khattab, Vered Kraus and Yoval Yonay). International Journal of Sociology. 51:3, 171-196. DOI: 1080/00207659.2021.1919442.
(2023). (With Nabil Khattab). Journal of the Social Sciences. 51(1), 122-154. Doi: 10.34120/0080-051-001-004.
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.
21- Obstacles on the Road to School: The Impacts of Mobility Restrictions on Educational Performance.
(2024). (with Ines Lee), Journal of Human Resources. 58(6). DOI: 10.3368/jhr.0920-11166R2.
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
(2026). Hawwa. (with Maha Sabbah and Amalia Saar). (forthcoming).
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.
