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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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| 1980-1984 |
Yale University, Department of Economics & Economic Growth Center, Assistant Professor. |
| 1983-1985 |
Tel Aviv University, Department of Economics, Lecturer. |
| 1985-1989 |
Tel-Aviv University, Department of Economics, Senior Lecturer. |
| 1989-1999 |
Tel-Aviv University, Department of Economics, Associate Professor. |
| 1986-1987 |
Carnegie-Mellon University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Visiting Associate Professor. |
| 1987-1988 |
University of Pittsburgh, Department of Economics, Visiting Associate Professor. |
| 1989-2001 |
Boston University, Department of Economics, Professor. |
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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:
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| 1976-78 |
University of Minnesota, Korda Fellowship. |
| 1982 |
General Service Foundation, Grant to the Economic Growth Center at Yale University. |
| 1982-84 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No.SES-8207594. |
| 1984 |
David Horowitz Institute for the Research of
Developing Countries, Tel-Aviv University Yavor Prize for a paper.
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| 1985-87 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No.SES-8502214. |
| 1987-90 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No.:SES-8715706. |
| 1988-90 |
Bi-national Science Foundation, Grant No.: 87-00121/1. |
| 1991-93 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No.: SES-9109607. |
| 1993-96 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No.: SES-9309636. |
| 1997-1999 |
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research & Development, Grant no. I 0427-084.4. |
| 1997-2000 |
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, |
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Grant no: 1 R01 HD34716-01. |
| 2001-2004 |
Israel Science Foundation, Grant No. 884/01-1. |
| 2004-2007 |
National Science Foundation, Grant No. : SES-0318364. |
| 2004-2006 |
Israel Science Foundation, Grant No. 815-04. |
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| OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: |
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| Since 1997 |
Co-Editor, European Economic Review. |
| Since 2002 |
Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director of the Provident Funds of the Mercantile Discount Bank, Israel. |
| Since 2001 |
Consultant, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. |
| Since 2000 |
Fellow of the Econometric Society. |
| Since 1998 |
Research Fellow, IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor. |
| Since 1997 |
Research Fellow, CEPR, Center for Economic Policy Research. |
| Since 1981 |
Member of the American Economic Association. |
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Member of the Econometric Society. |
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| PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: |
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| 2005 |
Member of a Public committee appointed by the Defense Minister of Israel on
Shortening the Length of Mandatory Military Service. |
| 2005 |
Member of a Public committee appointed by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Employment on revising the Anti Trust law. |
| 1999-2001 |
Chairman, Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University, |
| 1998-2001 |
Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director at the Provident
Funds of Bank Leumi of Israel Ltd. |
| 2000 |
Member of an Israeli government committee on the minimum wage. |
| 1993-1998 |
Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director of the Provident Funds of the
Mercantile Discount Bank, Israel. |
| 1994-1995 |
Chairman of a professional committee “For the advancement of the employment of engineers and other experts among the immigrants and for the utilization of the human capital of the recent immigration wave,” appointed by Mr. Yair Zaban, The Minister of Immigration Absorption, The State of Israel. |
| 1992–1997 |
Director from the Public of Mei-Eden Cooperation, Israel. |
| 1992-1993 |
Chairman of the Investment Committee and Director in LHAK Mutual funds of
Bank Hapoalim, Israel. |