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Prof. Zvi Eckstein

Tiomkin School of Economics Ph.D., The University of Minnesota

Founding dean and head of the Aharon Institute for Economic Policy

Professor Zvi Eckstein holds a BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He is the founding Dean of the Tiomkin School of Economics at Reichman University. He is also the Head of the Aaron Economic Policy Institute at Reichman University and Judith C. and William G. Bollinger visiting professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served as Deputy Governor Bank of Israel and he is emeritus professor of Economics at Tel Aviv University.

Professor Eckstein is a Fellow at Econometric Society and gave the Walras-Bowley lecture at the Econometric society and served as editor of the European Economic Review. He was a lecturer in leading U.S. universities, including Yale, Carnegie – Mellon, Boston University and the University of Minnesota. Prof. Eckstein has won many prestigious academic and professional awards, published in leading economic journals, books by academic publishers and was a member of several professional committees on behalf of various government agencies.

The most recent books are:
M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein, "THE CHOSEN FEW: HOW EDUCATION SHAPED JEWISH HISTORY, 70 – 1492", PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, August, 2012 (http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9744.html)

S. Cohen-Goldner, Z. Eckstein and Y. Weiss, "Immigration and Labor Mobility in Israel, 1990-2000", The MIT Press, September 2012 (http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/immigration-and-labor-market-mobility-israel-1990-2009).
"גודל שוק האג"ח הופך להיות סיכון למשק כולו" :TheMarker פרופ' צבי אקשטיין 18.01.2012

"?מה הלקח שלמדנו ממשבר 2008" :TheMarker פרופ' צבי אקשטיין 12.01.2012

פרופ' צבי אקשטיין: "לקחים לניהול שוק ההון לפני ובעת משבר" 12.01.12

Z. Eckstein and O. Lifshitz, "Dynamic Female Labor Supply", Econometrica, Vol. 79, No. 6 (November, 2011), 1675–1726.

M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein "Religious Norms, Human Capital, and Money Lending in Jewish European History ", in Rachel M. McCleary (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Religion, Oxford University Press, 2010 (forthcoming).

.Z. Eckstein, S. Ge and B. Petrongolo "Job and Wage Mobility in a Search Model with Non-Compliance (Exemptions) with the Minimum Wage ", Journal of Applied Economics, (Forthcoming) 2010.

S. Cohen-Goldner and Z. Eckstein "Estimating the Return to Training and Occupational Experience: The Case of Female Immigrants", Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 156(1), May 2010, pp. 86-105.

Z. Eckstein, S. Ge and B. Petrongolo "Job and Wage Mobility with Minimum Wages and Imperfect Compliance", Journal of Applied Economics, 2009 (Forthcoming).

S. Cohen-Goldner and Z. Eckstein "Labor Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities", International Economic Review, Vol. 49, No. 3, August 2008, pp. 837-872.

M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein "Path Dependence in Occupations", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2008.

M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein "From Farmers to Merchants, Conversions and Diaspora: Human Capital and Jewish History", Journal of the European Economic Association 5, no. 5 (September 2007): 885-926.

Z. Eckstein and G. J. van den Berg "Empirical Labor Search: A Survey", Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, Vol. 136(2), February 2007, pp. 531-564.

Z. Eckstein and R. Shachar "Correcting for Bias in Retrospective Data", Journal of Applied Economics, 22(3), 2007, 657-675.

S. Cohen-Goldner, Z. Eckstein and T. Larom "Ten Years of Integration of Former Soviet Union Immigrants in the Israeli Labor Market", August 2006 (Hebrew).

Z. Eckstein and D. Peled "The Contributions of S. Rao Aiyagari to Dynamic Macroeconomics ", The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, (forthcoming), 2006.

M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein "Jewish Occupational Selection: Education, Restrictions, or Minorities?", Journal of Economic History, December 2005.

S. Cohen-Goldner and Z. Eckstein "Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies for Female Immigrants", September 2005 (Hebrew).

S. Cohen-Goldner and Z. Eckstein "Evaluating Active Labor Market Policies for Female Immigrants ", July 2005.

Z. Eckstein and E. Nagypal "The Evolution of U.S. Earnings Inequality: 1961-2002", Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, December 2004, pp. 10-29.

S. Cohen-Goldner and Z. Eckstein "Immigrants in the Hi-Tech Sector: Comparison to Natives and the Effect of Training", September 2004.

Z. Eckstein and Y. Weiss "On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel 1990-2000", Journal of European Economic Association, 2004, 2(4), 665-695.

Z. Eckstein and D. Tsiddon "Macroeconomic Consequences of Terror: Theory and the Case of Israel", Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol.51:5, 2004, 971-1002.

"Economic Aspects of Disengagement from the Palestinians", January 2003 (Hebrew).

A. J. Bowlus and Z. Eckstein "Discrimination and Skill differences in an Equilibrium Search Model", International Economic Review, Vol. 43(4), 2002, 1309-1345.

Z. Eckstein and Y. Weiss "The Integration of Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in the Israeli Labor Market", in Ben-Bassat Avi (ed.), The Israeli Economy, 1985-1998: From Government Intervention to Market Economics, Essays in Memory of Prof. Michael Bruno, MIT Press, 2002.

A. Balsam and Z. Eckstein "Real Business Cycles in a Small Open Economy with Non-Traded Goods", 2001.

Z. Eckstein, M. Pedro and K.I. Wolpin "A Quantitative Analysis of Swedish Fertility Dynamics: 1751-1990", Review of Economic Dynamics, 2, 137-165, 1999.

Z. Eckstein and K.I. Wolpin "Why Youth Drop out of High School: The Impact of Preferences, Opportunities and Abilities ", Econometrica 67 no.6, 1999, 1295-1339.

Z. Eckstein and K.I. Wolpin "Estimating the Effect of Racial Discrimination on First Job Wage Offers ", Review of Economics and Statistics , 81(3), 1999, 384-392.

B. Bental and Z. Eckstein "On the Fit of a Neoclassical Monetary Model in High Inflation: Israel 1972-1990", Journal of Money Credit and Banking,1998, 29, 725-752.

S. R. Aiyagari, T. Braun and Z. Eckstein "Transaction Services, Inflation and Welfare", Journal of Political Economy, 106, 1998, 1274-1301.

Eaton and Z. Eckstein "Cities and Growth: Theory and Evidence from France and Japan", Regional Science and Urban Economics , 1997, 27, 443-474.

Z.Eckstein, C. Foulides, T.Kollintzas "On the Many Kinds of Growth: a Note", International Economic Review, 1996, Vol 37, 487-496.

Z.Eckstein and K. Wolpin "Duration to First Job and the Return to Schooling: Estimates from a Search-Matching Model", Review of Economic Studies, 1995, 62, 263-286.

Z.Eckstein and I.Zilcha "The Effects of Compulsory Schooling on Growth, Income Distribution and Welfare", Journal of Public Economics, (54)1994, 339-359.

Z. Eckstein, D. Zackai, Y. Nachtom and G. Fishelson "The Allocation of Water Sources between Israel, the West Bank and Gaza: An Economic Analysis", Economic Quarterly, 41, 1994, 331-369 (Hebrew).

Z.Eckstein and L.Leiderman "Seigniorage and the Welfare cost of Inflation: Evidence from an Intertemporal Model of Money and Consumption", Journal of Monetary Economics , (29)1992, 389-410.

Z.Eckstein and K.I.Wolpin "Estimating a Market Equilibrium Search Model from Panel Data on Individuals", Econometrica, Vol. 58, 1990, 783-808.

B Bental and Z.Eckstein "The Dynamics of Inflation with Constant Deficit Under Expected Regime Change", The Economic Journal, Vol.100, 1990, 1245-1260.

Z.Eckstein and K.I.Wolpin "The Specification and Estimation of Dynamic Stochastic Discrete Choice Models: A Survey ", Journal of Human Resources , Vol. 24, 1989, 562-598.

Z.Eckstein and K.I.Wolpin "Dynamic Labor Force Participation of Married Women and Endogenous Work Experience", Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 56, 1989, 375-590

Z.Eckstein, S. Stern and K.Wolpin "Fertility Choice, Land and the Malthusian Hypothesis", International Economic Review, Vol.29, 1988, 353-361.

A. Drazen and Z.Eckstein "On the Organization of Rural Markets and the Process of Economic Development", The American Economic Review, Vol.78, 1988, 431-443.

Z.Eckstein "A Rational Expectations Model of Agricultural Supply", The Journal of Political Economic, Vol.92, 1984, 1-19.

M. Botticini and Z. Eckstein, "The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 ", Princeton University Press, August 2012.
A Former Central Banker's View of Economic and Social Hot Spots - Knowledge @ Wharton, November 2011

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 2011 - The Open University, February 2012 (Hebrew)

Israel's Economy and it's Integration in the Global Economy 12.7.11