Research
Work in Progress
(With Wifag Adnan) "Illicit Trade in Work Permits for Palestinian Workers in Israel" Bank of Israel's Selected Research and Policy Analysis Notese (October 2019). 79-95. Policy note , and summary (English, Hebrew and Arabic)Featured in Reuters, Jpost, and Haaretz A video of a presentation of the policy note at World Bank's MENA seminar (December 5, 2019) https://1930181.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_cptbquit/29528271 (pls copy and paste)
The Reform of the Permit Regime for Palestinian Workers in Israel: A Preliminary Evaluation, INSS Insights, November 2021. Link.
Palestinian Economy
(with Assaf Zimring) When Trade Stops: Lessons from the 2007-2010 Gaza Blockade Journal of International Economics, January 2015, 95: 16-27.
(with Esteban Klor) Resumed Employment of Gazans in Israel: A Limited Contribution to Reducing Unemployment in the Gaza Strip and to Security Stability INSS Insights, December 2021.
The Arrangements Law and the Palestinian Economies, INSS Insights, October 2021. Link
"Palestinian employment in the Israeli economy during the COVID-19 crisis" Bank of Israel, December 2020, Link
(with Michal Weissbrod) "The Palestinian Boycott of Israeli Goods: Economic Ramifications", Strategic Assessment, Volume 19, No. 3. October 2016. 19-32. Link
(With Hadar Avivi) "Expansion of Palestinian employment in Israel and its characteristics" Ch. 5 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2014 Link
(With Matti Israel) "Trade Links Between Israel and the Palestinian Authority" in Recent Economic Developments, 137, October 2013-March 2014 (June 2014). pp: 54-61 Link
Quoted in Forbes (22 February 2015)
Haggay Etkes. “The Impact of Employment in Israel on the Palestinian Labor Force,” Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy. Volume 18, Issue 2, August 2012
working paper version (free)
"Sales by Israel to the Palestinian Economy" in Recent Economic Developments, 128, May August 2010 (October 2010). Link
"Recovery of Palestinian employment in the Israeli economy" Box 5.3 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2009. pp:222-225 Link
Israeli Labor Market
"Locality-based income tax credits: Characteristics and limited efficacy in encouraging internal migration" in Recent Economic Developments, 140, pp 39-48 Link
"Employee unionization in Israel: The situation in 2012," in Recent Economic Developments, 136, April- September 2013 (December 2013). pp 45-53 Link
"The Slowdown in Employment and the Increase in Real Wages in Business Sector Industries," in Recent Economic Developments, 135, October 2012 March 2013 (June 2013). pp: 6-8. Link
" The labor Market" Ch. 5 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2011 Link
"Evidence of increasing efficiency in the labor market in Israel" Box 5.1 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2011. pp: 222-225. Link
" Evidence of a rapid increase in the employment rate among ultra-Orthodox men during 2010-11" Box 5.1 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2011. pp: 231-233. Link
" The labor Market" Ch. 5 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2010 Link
" The labor Market" Ch. 5 in Bank of Israel Annual Report, 2009 Link
Economic History and Archeology
Tell Es-Safi In The Ottoman Cadastral Surveys (Ca. 1519-1557 ce)” ch. 7 in (ed.) Aren M. Maeir, Tell es-Safi/Gath I: The 1996 – 2005 Seasons, Part 1: Text (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2012). Pp:165-172. This book was awarded "The Best Scholarly Book on Archaeology" for 2011-2012, by the Biblical Archaeology Society
“The Renovation of Bayt Jibrin in the Mid-Sixteenth Century and Its Economic and Demographic Impact According to Ottoman Sources” in Boaz Zissu (ed.) Studies in Honour of Amos Kloner. (2013).
Coşgel, Metin M., Boğac Ergene, Haggay Etkes, and Thomas J. Miceli. “Crime and Punishment in Ottoman Times: Corruption and Fines," Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 2013, XLIII(3): 353–376
Coşgel, Metin M., Haggay Etkes, and Thomas J. Miceli, "Private Law Enforcement, Fine Sharing, and Tax Collection: Theory and Historical Evidence," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2011: 546-52.