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Research Published and forthcoming papers Is Hanukkah Responsive to Christmas? with Liran Einav and Oren Rigbi Economic Journal, forthcoming, 2009 Featured in Slate Magazine (December 19, 2008) and the following blog: Portfolio.com
The Effect of Redistribution on Migration: Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz Journal of Public Economics, 93, 498-511, 2009 Previously circulated as “Testing Self-Selection in Migration: Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz”.
The Limits of Equality: Insights from the Israeli Kibbutz Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123:3, 1111-1159, 2008 Featured in Forbes (May 9, 2008), and the following blogs: Plumer, DeLong, Iyigun (April 3)
The Limits of Equality: an Economic Analysis of the Israeli Kibbutz Journal of Economic History, 67(2), 495-499, 2007 [dissertation summary] Comments by Carol Shiue, the convener of the Alexander Gerschenkron Prize Panel, published in the same issue of the JEH, pp. 511-515.
Migration and Human Capital: Self-Selection of Indentured Servants to the Americas with Fabio Braggion Journal of Economic History, 66(4), 882-905, 2006
Working papers
“Risk, Incentives and Contracts: Business Partnerships in Rio De Janeiro, 1870-1891,” with Zephyr Frank and Aprajit Mahajan, revised and resubmitted, Journal of Economic History [online appendix] [current draft: September 2009]
“Marrying Up: the Role of Sex Ratio in Assortative Matching,” with Adeline Delavande and Luis Vasconcelos [current draft: November 2009]
“The Equality-Incentives Trade-Off: Lessons from the Kibbutz” [current draft: October 2009]
“Europe’s Tired, Poor, Huddled Masses: Self-Selection and Economic Outcomes in the Age of Mass Migration,” with Leah Boustan and Katherine Eriksson [current draft: June 2009]
“Book Translations as Information Flows: How Detrimental Was Communism to the Flow of Ideas?” with Isabelle Sin [current draft: September 2009]
Work in progress Book Redistribution: Lessons from the Israeli kibbutz Non-technical summary of my ongoing kibbutz project (SIEPR newsletter)
Papers
“On the (lack of) Stability of Communes: An Economic Perspective” [current draft: August 2009]
“How Responsive is Investment in Schooling to Changes in Returns? Evidence from an Unusual Pay Reform in Israel’s Kibbutzim,” with Victor Lavy
“Does Equal Sharing Encourage Free-Riding? Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutzim”
“How Selfish Is Homo-Sociologicus? The Rise, Persistence and Fall of the Israeli Kibbutzim”
“Are Jews Always More Educated? Evidence from Interwar Poland”, with Hanna Halaburda, manuscript, 2005
“Equal-Sharing and Skill-Formation: Evidence from the Israeli Kibbutz”, manuscript 2005
“Cultural Beliefs and the Origin of Israeli Cooperatives: Kibbutz vs. Moshav”
Published short articles: “Malthusian and neo-Malthusian Theories”, with Fabio Braggion, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 3, pp. 423-427
“Lenin Vladimir Ilich”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 3, pp. 297-299
“Du Pont Family”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 2, pp. 115-116
“Kettering Charles”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 3, pp. 217-218
“Lewis John L.”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 3, pp. 323-324
“Vanderbilt Family”, The Oxford Encyclopedia of economic history, Oxford University Press, 2003: Vol 5: 187-188 |
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