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 Coverage: The 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.
  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.
  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.
  15. Explaining crime among Palestinian society in Israel: Socioeconomic factors vs. cultural factors. (2020). Israeli Affairs Journal (77).
  16. Ethnic Capital and Class Reproduction: Comparing the Impact of Socio-Economic Status on Children’s Educational Attainment across Ethno-Religious Groups in Israel. (2021). (with Nabil Khattab, Vered Kraus and Yoval Yonay). International Journal of Sociology. 51:3, 171-196. DOI: 1080/00207659.2021.1919442.
  17. The impact of socio-demographic factors and public policies on the participation of Palestinian women in the Israeli labor market. (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: 1142/S2010007825500174
  26. Early Retirement Under Gender Marginalization and Ethnic Segregation: The Case of Arab-Palestinian Women in Israel. (2026). (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.