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Amegashie, J. Atsu (contributor); Runkel, Marco (contributor) - 2008

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The preoccupation of the United Nations with Israel : evidence and theory

Becker, Raphael N.; Hillman, Arye L.; Potrafke, Niklas; … - 2014

We compiled data on all United Nations General Assembly resolutions on which voting took place between January 1990 and June 2013 and find a preoccupation with one country: in 65 percent of instances in which a country is criticized in a resolution, the country is Israel, with no other country...

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Overconfidence and gender equality in the labor market

Bastani, Spencer; Giebe, Thomas; Gürtler, Oliver - 2023

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications for labor market outcomes are not well understood. In this paper, we analyze how men's relatively higher overconfidence, combined with competitive job incentives, affects...

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The costs of job displacement and the demand for industry-specific human capital

Milgrom, Maor - 2025

long-term losses remain unclear. A leading theory ties earnings losses to the demand laid-off workers face for their … industry-specific human capital, yet evidence in support of this theory is lacking. This paper proposes a novel method for … theory. Within shrinking industries, these workers experience earnings losses that are 76% higher than workers in occupations …

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Social identity and voter turnout

Ben Basaṭ, Avi (contributor); Dahan, Momi (contributor) - 2008

This paper uses the unique social structure of Arab communities to examine the effect of social identity on voter turnout. We first show that voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who shares their social group (signified by last name) as compared to other candidates. Using last name as...

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Do economic policymakers practice what they preach? : the case of pension decisions

Dahan, Momi; Kogut, Tehila; Shalem, Moshe - 2009

This paper examines whether policymakers, economists at the Israeli Finance Ministry, act in their personal pension decisions in accordance with the rational behaviour assumptions underlying the pension policies they advance. We find that while economists' decisions regarding three other...

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Happiness and financial satisfaction in Israel : effects of religiosity, ethnicity, and war

Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Romanov, Dimiṭri; … - 2010

We analyze individual satisfaction with life as a whole and satisfaction with the personal financial situation for Israeli citizens of Jewish and Arab descent. Our data set is the Israeli Social Survey (2006). We are especially interested in the impact of the religions Judaism, Islam and...

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Socio-economic mobility of development towns in Israel

Dahan, Momi - 2025

This study reveals that, over the past six decades, development towns have improved their socio-economic status both in terms of absolute mobility (compared to their past position) and relative mobility (progressing at a faster rate than other Jewish cities and towns). Between 1961 and 2019,...

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Short- and long-term effects of universal preschool : evidence from the Arab population in Israel

DeMalach, Elad; Schlosser, Analia - 2024

We estimate the short- and long-term effects of universal preschool education by analyzing the impact of the Israeli Preschool Law, which mandated the provision of public preschool for ages 3 and 4 starting in September 1999. We focus on the Arab population, who were the main beneficiaries of...

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Voting gap by origin

Dahan, Momi - 2023

This study examines the voting patterns of Mizrahi and Ashkenazi in ten general elections held since the early 2000s in rural and urban areas in Israel, utilizing a new classification method of origin of immigrants and their descendants based on surnames alongside the traditional classification...

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