Curriculum Vitae
ADDRESS
Skolkovo Innovation Center, Nobelya Street, 3
Moscow, 121205
Russian Federation
CURRENT POSITIONS
2016 – Present Associate Professor (with tenure), The New Economic School, Moscow
2017 – Present Associate Editor, Macroeconomic Dynamics
PREVIOUS/OTHER POSITIONS
12/2022 – 03/2023 Visiting professor, University of Mannheim
08/2021 – 10/2021 Visiting professor, University of Mannheim
2013 – 2016 Assistant professor, The New Economic School, Moscow
2007 – 2013 The Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economic Growth and Development
Demographic Economics
Gender and Family Economics
EDUCATION
Jun/05 Ph.D. in Economics, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
May/00 M.A. in Economics (magna cum laude), The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
May/97 B.A. in Economics and Accountancy, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
CURRENT TEACHING
2013 – Present New Economic School (Master Program)
– Macroeconomics
– Family Economics
– Economic Growth
WORKING PAPERS / WORK IN PROGRESS
“Women’s Liberation and the Demographic Transition,”
(with Moshe Hazan and David Weiss)
Status: R&R, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.
“Does Paternity Leave Promote Gender Equality within Households?”
(with Libertad González)
Status: R&R, Journal of the European Economic Association.
“Occupations Shape Retirement Across Countries,”
(with Philip Sauré, Arthur Seibold and Elizaveta Smorodenkova)
Status: R&R, The Journal of the Economics of Ageing.
“Why Not Borrow, Invest, and Escape Poverty?”
(with Dagmara Celik-Katreniak, Alexey Khazanov, Omer Moav, and Zvika Neeman)
Status: Under Review
PUBLICATIONS
“Highly Educated Women Are No Longer Childless: The Role of Marketization,” 2023. Economics Letters, Vol 230: 111226.
(with Moshe Hazan and David Weiss)
“Women's Liberation as a Financial Innovation,” 2019. Journal of Finance, Vol 74, pp: 2915-2956.
(with Moshe Hazan and David Weiss)
“Why did Rich Families Increase their Fertility? Inequality and Marketization of Child Care,” 2018. Journal of Economic Growth, Vol 23, pp: 427-463 .
(with Michael Bar, Moshe Hazan, Oksana Leukhina and David Weiss)
“Economic Growth and Sector Dynamics,” 2015. European Economic Review., Vol 79, pp:1-15.
Lead Article
(with Joseph Zeira)
“Do Highly Educated Women Choose Smaller Families?” 2015. Economic Journal, Vol 125(587), pp:1191-1226.
Lead Article
(with Moshe Hazan)
“Sons or Daughters? Endogenous Sex Preferences and the Reversal of the Gender Educational Gap,” 2015. Journal of Demographic Economics, Vol 81, pp: 179-201.
(with Moshe Hazan)
“International Trade, the Gender Gap and Female Labor Force Participation,” 2014. Journal of Development Economics, Vol 111, pp:17-33.
(with Philip Sauré)
“Talent Utilization and Search for the Appropriate Technology,” 2014. Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol 18, pp: 863-882.
(with Tali Regev)
“Does Longevity Cause Growth? A Theoretical Critique,” 2006. Journal of Economic Growth, Vol 11, pp: 363-376.
(with Moshe Hazan)
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2018 – 2020 – The Russian Science Foundation (RSF) research grant - No. 18-18-00466. 6,000,000 rubles ($100,000)/year, 3 years
2013 – 2015 – The Israel Science Foundation (ISF) research grant (grant awarded, but declined upon my moving to NES)
2007 – 2013 – The Pinhas Sapir Center research grant
2006 – 2007 – Max Weber Fellowship for post-doctoral studies, European University Institute
2005 – 2006 – Jean Monnet Fellowship for post-doctoral studies, European University Institute
– Kahanoff Scholarship for post-doctoral studies
2003 – 2004 – The Wolf Scholarship for Ph.D. students
– The Israel Ministry of Science Culture & Technology scholarship for Ph.D. students.
2002 – 2003 – Blazoska Fellowship for Ph.D. students
– The Samuel Neaman Institute research grant
2001 – 2002 – The Israel Ministry of Science Culture & Technology scholarship for Ph.D. students
– The Samuel Neaman Institute research grant
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
ORGANIZING
Jun/11 The 2nd Minerva Center Summer School in Economic Growth. Jerusalem, Israel. Organizing committee
Jul/08 The 1st Minerva Center Summer School in Economic Growth. Jerusalem, Israel. Organizing committee
PARTICIPATING
Feb/23 “CRC TR 224 Family & Gender Economics Workshop”, University of Mannheim, Germany
Jun/22 “RIDGE forum WELAC (LACEA) workshop on gender inequality 2022”
Jun/21 “HCEO-NES-CREC Virtual Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality 2021”
Oct/20 “Theoretical Research in Development Economics (ThReD).” Hosted by Boston University
Jun/19 "Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality,'' Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO), Moscow, Russian Federation
May/19 "5th International Workshop on Economic Growth, Environment and Natural Resources,'' European University at St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian
Federation
Jun/18 “Economics Workshop,” IDC, Herzliya, Israel
May/18 “Free Network Retreat,” Minsk, Belarus
Dec/17 “Towards Effective and Equitable Development: the Role of Institutions and Diversity.” Moscow, Russian Federation
Jul/17 “Long Run Factors in Comparative Development.” Tel-Aviv Univesity, Tel-Aviv, Israel
May/17 “Economic Growth, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Agents Heterogeneity.” European University at St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Oct/16 “Social Interactions, Norms and Development,.” Moscow, Russian Federation
Oct/15 “Reform, Transformations and Cultural Legacy: Economic History Perspective.” Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Jul/14 The Warwick Summer Workshop in Economic Growth, Warwick, UK
Jun/12 6th Max Weber Fellows June Conference. European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Jun/12 The V Workshop on “Gender Economics” FEDEA and COSME. Madrid, Spain
Oct/11 The II Workshop on “Towards Sustainable Economic Growth” IAE-CREI and Barcelona GSE. Barcelona, Spain
Jun/11 The 2nd Minerva Center Summer School in Economic Growth. Jerusalem, Israel
Sep/10 The DEGIT XV, Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade. Frankfurt, Germany
Dec/08 The CEPR & CREi conference. “Rags to Riches: Fertility, Culture and Education in the Transition to Self-Sustaining Growth”
Nov/08 The Annual meeting of the Association of Southern European Economic Theorists (ASSET). European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Aug/08 The European Meeting of the Econometric Society. Milan, Italy
Jun/08 XXII Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics. London, UK
Dec/07 The Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution. Lucca, Italy
Jan/07 The Royal Economic Society - Second PhD Presentation. LSE, London, UK
Oct/06 The 7th Louvain Symposium in Economic Dynamics. Louvain, Belgium
Sep/06 IZA-EUI Workshop on “Demographic Change and Secular Transitions in Labor Markets: What Can we Learn form a Dynamic Perspective?”. Bonn, Germany
Jun/06 Dublin Summer School. European University Institute, Florence, Italy
REFEREE REPORTS
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Review of Economic Studies
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of the European Economic Association
Journal of Economic Growth
European Economic Review
Journal of Population Economic
Macroeconomic Dynamics
Review of Economic Dynamics
LANGUAGES
Arabic (mother tongue)
English (fluent)
Hebrew (fluent)
Russian (basic)