Ya'akov M. Bayer, Ph.D

Welcome to my website,

I am a behavioral and health economist, who earned a Ph.D. in Economics from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Beer-Sheva, Israel). My research spans a diverse range of topics that include: health economics, behavioral economics, decision-making, health policy, cultural economics, elderly, employment and the labor market, collective memory, popular traditional beliefs, immigration and homecoming, and the Jewish diaspora.

Current positions:

Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Systems Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Be'er-Sheva, Israel.

CFO, Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Editing Experience: 

I'm an associate editor of the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, St. Thomas University, Miami, USA.

Referee Work :  

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Applied Economics incorporating Applied Financial Economics, Journal of the Asia Pacific economy, Plos One, Social Indicators Research, The Israel national institute for health policy research, Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, the Royal Society Open Science.

Education: 

Ph.D., Economics, Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

M.A. Department of Anthropology and sociology, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

M.A. Economics, Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

B.A. Economics (with honors), Department of Economics, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.