פרופ' שושנה נוימן

קורות חיים
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Editorial Positions
Research Fellow
Organizer of International Conferences
Selected Professional Activities
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Refereeing Journals
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Foundations
Scientific Evaluation Committees
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University Committees
2001-2003 : | Admissions Committee |
1998-2002 : | Academic Director of Economic Studies, Bar-Ilan Extension Colleges |
1998-1999 : | Head of Status Committee |
1997-1998 : | Students' Appeals Committee for the Disciplinary Committee |
1993-1995 : | University Senate (Senior Lecturers' representative) |
1993-1997 : | Faculty Committee for the Advancement of Research |
1991-1997 : | Grants and Scholarships Committee |
1989-1991 : | Social Sciences Library Committee |
Courses Taught
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- The Economics of Human Resources (graduate)
- Seminar in Labor Economics (undergraduate and graduate)
- Labor Economics (undergraduate and graduate)
- Women in the Economy
- Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
- Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics
- Statistics (introductory and intermediate)
- Econometrics
- Comparative Economic Systems
- Theory of the Firm
- Industrial Organization
- Calculus
- Linear Algebra
פירסומים
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Chapters in Books 1. "Compensating Differentials in Marriage and Married Women's Labor Supply" (with S. Grossbard-Shechtman), in: S. Grossbard-Shechtman, On the Economics of Marriage, Boulder Colorado: Westview Press, pp. 133-141, 1993. 2. "A Study of Spousal Help Among Israeli Managers" (with S. Grossbard-Shechtman and D.N. Izraeli), in: S. Grossbard-Shechtman, On the Economics of Marriage, Boulder Colorado: Westview Press, pp. 272-289, 1993. 3. "Religiosity and Investments in Spousal Productivity" (with S. Grossbard-Shechtman), in: S. Grossbard-Shechtman, On the Economics of Marriage, Boulder Colorado: Westview Press, pp. 290-302, 1993. 4. "Ethnic Occupational Segregation: Measurement and Its Impact on Income Differentials" (with J. Silber), in: J. Creedy, (ed.), Taxation, Poverty and Income Distribution, Publisher: Edward Elgar, pp. 220-237, 1994. 5. "Paid Employment and the Marriage Market" (with S. Grossbard-Shechtman) in: Shoshana Grossbard-Shechtman (ed.), Marriage and the Economy, Cambridge University Press, pp. 222-247, 2003. 6. "Gender versus Ethnic Wage Differentials in Israel", in: A. Maor. (ed.) Affirmative Action in Israel, Ramot: Tel-Aviv University Press, pp. 301-314, 2004. In Hebrew. 7. "Aliya to Israel: Immigration under Conditions of Adversity", in: Klaus Zimmermann (ed.) European Migration: What Do We Know? Oxford University Press, pp. 459-506, 2005. 8. "Secularization and Fertility: Evidence for Spain" (with P. Branas-Garza), in: Demographic Economics Research Perspectives, New York: Nova Science Publishers, forthcoming |
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Refereed Journal Articles 1. "Do Universities Maintain Common Standards in Awarding First Degrees with Distinction? The Case of Israel" (with A. Ziderman), Higher Education, Vol. 14, pp. 447-459, 1985. 2. "Testing the Dual Labor Market Hypothesis: Evidence from the Israel Labor Mobility Survey" (with A. Ziderman), The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 21, pp. 230-237, 1986. 3. "Religious Observance in a Human Capital Framework: Theory and Applications", Applied Economics, pp. 1193-1203, 1986. 4. "Economic Behavior, Marriage and Religiosity" (with A. Grossbard-Shechtman), Journal of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 71-86, Spring/Summer 1986. 5. "Time Allocation to Religious Activity", Studies in Israel's Economy 1982, 1984, pp. 221-230, The Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, 1986. In Hebrew. 6. "How Does Fertility Relate to Religiosity: Survey Evidence from Israel" (with A. Ziderman), Sociology and Social Research, January 1986. 7. "Dynamic Variation in Land Prices: Palestine, 1900-1914" (with Y. Katz), Studies in Israel's Economy 1986, pp. 139-154, The Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, 1988. In Hebrew. 8. "Women's Labor Supply and Marital Choice" (with S.A. Grossbard-Shechtman), Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 96, pp. 1294-1304, December 1988. 9. "Intergenerational Effects on Fertility: Theory and Evidence from Israel" (with L. Danziger), Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 25-37, 1989. 10. "Vocational Schools Can be More Cost Effective than Academic Schools: The Case of Israel" (with A. Ziderman), Comparative Education, Vol. 25(2), pp. 151-163, 1989. 11. "Earnings and Ethnic Origin: The Effect of Wife's Ethnic Origin on Husband's Earnings" (with S.A. Grossbard-Shechtman), Studies in Israel's Economy 1988, pp. 39-51, The Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, 1989. In Hebrew. 12. "The Economic Cost of Strikes in Israel: An Input-Output Approach" (with A. Ziderman), Studies in Israel's Economy 1988, pp. 53-67, The Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, 1989. In Hebrew. 13. "Agricultural Land Transactions in Palestine, 1900-1914: A Quantitative Analysis" (with Y. Katz), Explorations in Economic History, Vol. 27, pp. 29-45, 1990. 14. "Vocational Schooling, Occupational Matching and Labor Market Earnings in Israel" (with A. Ziderman), The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 16(2), pp. 256-281, 1991. 15. "Cross-Productivity Effects of Education and Origin on Earnings: Are They Really Reflecting Productivity?" (with S.A. Grossbard-Shechtman), in: R. Frantz, H. Singh and J. Gerber (eds.), Handbook of Behavioral Economics, Vol. 2A, pp. 125-145. Greenwich: JAI Press, 1991. 16. "Occupational Sex Segregation in the Kibbutz: Principles and Practice", Kyklos, Vol. 44(2), pp. 203-219, 1991. 17. "Socioeconomic Background and Returns to Schooling and to Marriage: The Case of Israel", Applied Economics, Vol. 23(8), pp. 1325-1334, 1991. 18. "The Marriage Market and Occupational Sex Segregation: A 'New Home Economics' Approach," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 20(4), pp. 347-358, 1991. 19. "Benefits of Women's Education within Marriage: Results for Israel in a Dual Labor Market Context" (with A. Ziderman), Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 40(2), pp. 413-424, 1992. 20. "Equality and Fertility in the Kibbutz" (with L. Danziger), Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 4(2), pp. 413-424, 1993. 21. "When Do Spouses Support a Career? A Human Capital Analysis of Israeli Managers and Their Spouses" (with S.A. Grossbard-Shechtman and D. Izraeli), The Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 23 (1/2), pp. 149-169, 1994. 22. "The Econometrics of Labor Market Segregation and Discrimination: Editors' Introduction" (with J. Silber), Journal of Econometrics, Vol. 61, pp. 1-4, 1994. 23. "The Economics of Labor Market Segregation and Discrimination: Editors' Introduction" (with J. Silber), Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 5, pp. 9-15, 1994. 24. "Ethnic Occupational Segregation in Israel", Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 5, pp. 125-151, 1994. 25. "Education and Earnings: Methodological Considerations and Two Israeli Case-Studies", Education et Recherche, special issue, pp. 55-77, 1995. 26. "On Effects of Schooling Vintage on Experience-Earnings Profiles: Theory and Evidence" (with A. Weiss), European Economic Review, Vol. 39, pp. 943-955, 1995. 27. "Wage Discrimination across Ethnic Groups: Evidence from Israel" (with J. Silber), Economic Inquiry, Vol. 34(4), pp. 648-661, 1996. 28. "Women's Quest for Occupational Equality: The Case of Agricultural Female Workers in Pre-State Israel" (with Y. Katz), Rural History: Economy, Society, Culture, Vol. 7(1), 33-52, 1996. 29. "The Extra Burden of Moslem Wives: Clues from Israeli Women's Labor Supply" (with S. Grossbard-Shechtman), Economic Development and Cultural Change, Vol. 46, pp. 491-517, 1998. 30. "Gender Wage Differentials and Discrimination Among Israeli Managers" (with J. Weisberg), International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 19(3), pp. 161-170, 1998. 31. "Occupational Segregation in Israel: The Gender-Ethnicity Interaction", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 19(8), pp. 571-590, 1998. 32. "Vocational Education in Israel: Wage Effects of Voced, Occupation and the Voced- occupation Match" (with A. Ziderman), The Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 34(2), pp. 407-420, 1999. 33. "On the Age of Marriage: Theory and Evidence from Jews and Moslems in Israel" (with L. Danziger), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 40, pp. 179-193, 1999. 34. "Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups: The Case of Israel" (with A. Ziderman), Economics of Education Review, Vol. 22(4), pp. 421-432, 2003. 35. "Gender Versus Ethnic Wage Differentials Among Professionals: Evidence from Israel" (with R. L. Oaxaca), Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Vol. 71-72, pp. 267-292, 2003. 36. "Analyzing Religiosity Within an Economic Framework: The Case of Spanish Catholics" (with P. Branas-Garza), Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 2, pp. 5-22, 2004. 37. "Wage Decompositions with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: A Methodological Note" (with R. L. Oaxaca), Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 2(1), pp. 3-10, 2004. 38. "Delays in Renewal of Labor Contracts: Theory and Evidence" (with L. Danziger), Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 23(2), pp. 341-372, 2005. 39. "Wage Differentials in the 1990s in Israel: Endowments, Discrimination, and Selectivity" (with R. L. Oaxaca), International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 26(3), pp. 217-236, 2005. 40. "Is Fertility indeed Related to Religiosity?" Population Studies, forthcoming. 41. "Parental Religiosity and Daughters' Fertility: The Case of Catholics in Southern Europe"(with P. Branas-Garza), Review of Economics of the Household, forthcoming. 42. "Religious Beliefs and Practice: Spanish Facts" (with P. Branas-Garza), International Review of Sociology, Vol. 66(1), pp. 33-45, 2008 (in Spanish). 43. "Reference-Dependent Preferences and Loss Aversion - A Discrete Choice Experiment in the Health-Care Sector" (with E. Neuman), Judgment and Decision Making, Vol. 3(2), pp. 162-173, 2008. 44. "Agency in Health- Care: Are Medical Care-Givers Perfect Agents?" (with E. Neuman), Applied Economic Letters, forthcoming. 45. "The Big Carrot: High-Stakes Incentives Revisited" (with P. Branas-Garza and T. Garcia-Munoz), Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, forthcoming. 46. "Explorations of the Effect of Experience on Preferences for a Health-Care Service" (with T. Neuman and E. Neuman), Journal of Socio Economics, Vol. 39, pp. 407-419, 2010. 47. "Wage Mobility in Israel: The Effect of Sectoral Concentration" (with A.R. Cardoso and A. Ziderman), Journal of Labor Research, Vol. 31(2), pp. 146-161, 2010. Research Grants and Awards (since1994)
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תחומי מחקר
Main Research Interests
- Economics of Human Resources; Labor Economics; Economics of Education;
- Economics of the Household; Behavioral Economics; Health Economics; Economics of Religion
Presentations at Conferences (since 1991)
1991: |
"Gender and Ethnic Segregation in Israel and in the Kibbutz," presented at the International Workshop on the Economics of Discrimination and Segregation, Bar-Ilan University, June 3-4, 1991. "Equality and Fertility in the Kibbutz" (with L. Danziger), The Annual Meeting of The European Society of Population Economics (ESPE), Pisa, Italy, June 6-9, 1991. "Academic Versus Vocational High School Education: A Cost-Benefit Analysis" (with A. Ziderman), presented at the Ninth Scientific Conference of the Israeli Association for Research in Education, Bar-Ilan University, June 18-19, 1991. |
1992: |
"Separating the Human Capital Component in Wage Comparisons" (with J. Silber), presented at the Fourth Annual International Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, The University of California, Irvine, California, March 27-29, 1992. "Occupational Segregation in Israel: The Gender-Ethnicity Interaction", presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, April 30-May 2, 1992. |
1993: |
"Discrimination, Segregation and Wage Differentials" (with J. Silber), presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, June 20-24, 1993. "Gender Versus Ethnicity in Occupational Segregation", presented at the Second Conference on Feminist Economics of the International Association for Feminist Economics, The American University, Washington, DC, August 6-8, 1993. "The Significance of Socio-Political Determinants of Land Prices: The Case of Palestine at the Beginning of the Century" (with Y. Katz), presented at the International Conference on Regional Development: The Challenge of the Frontier, The Dead Sea, Israel, December 27-30, 1993. |
1994: |
"Education and Earnings: Methodological Considerations and Two Israeli Case-Studies", presented at an International Conference on: Contributions of the Economics of Education to the Evaluation of Education Systems, the Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern, Switzerland, February 8, 1994 . "An Economic Analysis of Religion-Based Differences in Women's Labor Force Participation - The Case of Israel" (with S. Grossbard-Schechtman), presented at the Meetings of the Society for the Advancement of Behavioral Economics Conference on Integrating Views on Economic Behavior, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, July 10-13, 1994. |
1995: |
"An Analysis of Religion-Based Differences in Israeli Women's Labor Force Participation - Implications for Religious Differences in Marriage" (with S. Grossbard-Schechtman), presented at the Meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California, April 4-5, 1995. "Gender versus Ethnic Wage Differentials Among Professionals in Israel", presented at the 15th Arne Ryde Symposium on The Economics of Gender and the Family, Rungstedgaard, Denmark, August 18-19, 1995 (invited). "Wage Differentials Across Ethnic Groups: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration for Professionals in Israel", presented at the MedCampus International Conference on Poverty, Discrimination and Social Policy, Rabat, Morocco, September 7-9, 1995. |
1996: |
"Estimating Labor Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations", presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Socioeconomics, the University of Geneva, Geneva, July 12-14, 1996. |
1997: |
"The Absorption of Immigrants from the Former USSR in the Labor Market," presented at the European Association of Labour Economists, the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark, September 25-28, 1997. |
1998: |
"Income Inequality and Redistributive Policies in Israel", presented at the International Conference on the Welfare State at Century's End: Current Dilemmas and Possible Futures, Tel-Aviv University, January 5-7, 1998. "Estimating Labour Market Discrimination", presented at the International Conference on Migration and Development, organized by the European Science Foundation, Espinho, Portugal, April 21-26, 1998 (invited). "Correcting for Selectivity in Estimating Wage Equations" (with R.L. Oaxaca), presented at the CEPR Symposium on Labour Economics, Gerzensee, Switzerland, September 7-12, 1998 (invited). "Patterns of Wage Differentials Between Immigrants and Natives in Israel", presented at the CEPR Conference on Metropolitan Economic Performance, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, October 29-30, 1998 (invited). |
1999: |
"Vocational Education: Can it Improve Labour Market Performance of the Disadvantaged - The Case of Israel" (with A. Ziderman), presented at the CEPR/TSER Workshop on: Labour Demand, Education and the Dynamics of Social Exclusion, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, November 21-22, 1999. |
2000: |
Organizer and Chair of a session on "Women in the Labor Market" and Presenter of "Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodology and Evidence from Israel" (with R.L. Oaxaca), The Meetings of the Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, June 1, 2000. "Delays in Renewal of Labor Contracts: Methodology and Evidence" (with L. Danziger), International Workshop in Labour Economics, University of Warwick, July 10-21, 2000 (invited). |
2001: |
"Labor Contracts in Israel: Theory and Data" (with L. Danziger), European Summer Symposium in Labor Economics, Buch, Germany, April 24-29, 2001 (invited). |
2002: |
"Gender Versus Ethnic Wage Differentials among Professionals - Methodological Considerations and Evidence from Israel" (with R.L. Oaxaca), International Conference on Discrimination and Unequal Outcomes, Le-Mans, France, January 16-20, 2002 (invited). |
2003: |
"Wage Structures in the 1990s in Israel" (with R.L. Oaxaca), Third Forum of Euro- Mediterranean Economic Institutes, Marseille, France, December 4-6, 2003 (invited). |
2006: |
"Does Institutional Concentration and Regulation Lead to Low wage Mobility and Less Interrupted Employment?- The Case of the Banking Sector in Israel", International Conference on The Economics of Labor Market Relations, Bergen, Norway, May 12-13, 2006 (invited). |
2007: |
"The Banking Sector in Israel: Employment, Wage Inequality and Wage Mobility:1988-1995", The Israeli Economic Association, May, 30, 2007. "Unravelling Secularization: An International Study" (with P. Branas-Garza and T. Garcia-Munoz), 1st ENER International Workshop, Granada, Spain, November 16-17, 2007. |
2009: |
"What are Regression coefficients Telling Us?", 2nd International Workshop on Gender Economics, Granada, Spain, June 29-30 (invited keynote speaker). |
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