Presentations in Professional Meetings

AYAL KIMHI

1. The Relevance of the Extent of Farm Work to the Analysis of Off-Farm Labor Supply of Farmers. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, August 4-7, 1991, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.

2. Optimal Timing of Transferring the Farm Operation from Father to Son. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Economics Association, August 9-12, 1992, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

3. The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence (Discussion). Presented at the International Seminar on Economic Policy and Income Distribution, May 17-20, 1993, Israel.

4. Minimum Distance Estimation of Simultaneous Ordered Probit Models: A Case Study of Off-Farm Labor Supply of Married Farm Couples. With M-j. Lee. Presented at the European Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 22-26, 1993, Uppsala, Sweden.

5. Intergenerational Succession in Family Businesses. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, January 3-5, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

6. Off-Farm Work of Farmers: The Effect of Household Composition. Presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, June 2-4, 1994, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

7. Differential Human Capital Investments and the Choice of Successor in Family Farms. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 6-9, 1995, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

8. Estimation of an Endogenous Switching Regression Model with Discrete Dependent Variables: Monte-Carlo Analysis and Empirical Application of Three Estimators. Presented at the 7th World Congress on the Econometric Society, August 22-29, 1995, Tokyo, Japan.

9. Off-Farm Work Participation of Israeli Farm Couples: the Importance of Farm Work Participation Status. Presented at the International Symposium "Perspectives on Rural Employment", October 11-14, 1995, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.

10. Farmers' Exit Behavior in Canada and Israel. Presented at the Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies, May 12-14, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel.

11. Household Demand for Tobacco: Identifying Reasons for Non-Purchases. Presented at the Tenth Anniversary Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 13-15 June 1996, Uppsala, Sweden.

12. Off-Farm Work Decisions of Farmers over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Panel Data. Presented at the Sixth Biennial International Conference on Panel Data, 27-28 June 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

13. Retirement Planning and Succession Considerations of Maryland Farmers: Evidence from a Household Survey (with Ramon Lopez). Presented at the Eleventh Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 19-21 June 1997, Colchester, UK.

14. Off-Farm Work Decisions of Farmers over the Life Cycle: The Role of Heterogeneity and State Dependence (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, 4-6 June 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

15. Capital Accumulation and Work Status Decisions of Farmers: The Role of Heterogeneity and State Dependence (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Panel Data, 11-12 June 1998, Goteburg, Sweden.

16. Intergenerational Succession in Israeli Family Farms (with Noga Nachlieli). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 2-5 August 1998, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.

17. Intra-household Allocation of Food in Southern Ethiopia (with Nathan Sosner). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 16-17 October 1998, Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.

18. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 8-9 October 1999, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.

19. Intra-household Allocation of Food in Southern Ethiopia (with Nathan Sosner). Presented at the Conference on Opportunities in Africa, 9-10 April 2000, Oxford University, U.K.

20. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Seminar on Trends and New Directions in Economic Development in Subsaharan Africa, 17-18 May 2000, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

21. Off-Farm Work Participation of Israeli Farm Women: the Importance of Farm Work Participation Status. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, 1 June 2000, Jerusalem, Israel.

22. Intergenerational Succession in Israeli Family Farms (with Noga Nachlieli). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 15-18 June 2000, Bonn, Germany.

23. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 31 - 2 August 2000, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

24. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 6-7 October 2000, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

25. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the 2001 Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 4-7 January 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

26. The Effect of Family Composition on the Off-Farm Participation Decisions in Israeli Farm Households (with Eddie Seiler). Presented at the Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, 21-25 March 2001, Florence, Italy.

27. Off-Farm Employment and Farm Capital Investments: A Simultaneous Analysis (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Seventeenth Annual meeting of the Israel Economic Association, Kibbutz Shefayim, May 3, 2001.

28. Threshold Variation and Multivariate Ordered Discrete Response Models: Identification, Estimation, and Tests (with Myoung-jae Lee). Presented at the Seventeenth Annual meeting of the Israel Economic Association, Kibbutz Shefayim, May 3, 2001.

29. Off-Farm Employment and Farm Capital Investments: Analysis of Israeli Panel Data (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Seminar on "Socio-Economic Research Using Panel Data", Tel Aviv University, May 7, 2001.

30. The Effect of Family Composition on the Off-Farm Participation Decisions in Israeli Farm Households (with Eddie Seiler). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 14-16 June 2001, Athens, Greece.

31. Wage Formation and Recurrent Unemployment: Discussion. Presented at Econometrics in Tel Aviv 2001 Conference, Tel Aviv University, June 18-24, 2001.

32. Pension Wealth and Intergenerational Transfers in Israeli Family Farms. Presented at the 21st Arne Ryde Symposium on "Non-Human Wealth and Capital Accumulation", Lund University, August 23-25, 2001, Lund, Sweden.

33. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-6, 2002, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

34. Socio-Economic Determinants of Health and Physical Fitness in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the First International Conference on "Economics and Human Biology", July 11-14, 2002, Tübingen, Germany.

35. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at "The Economics of Water and Agriculture" Workshop, December 18-20, 2002, Rehovot, Israel.

36. Socio-Economic Determinants of Health and Physical Fitness in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2003, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

37. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2003, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

38. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 3, 2003, Kibbutz Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

39. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples’ Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 13-15 June 2003, New York, USA.

40. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples’ Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, 25-29 June 2003, Evanston, IL, USA.

41. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples’ Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 27-30 July 2003, Montreal, Canada.

42. Time Allocation between Farm and Off-Farm Activities in Israeli Farm Households (with Eliel Rapaport). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2004, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

43. The Role of Agriculture in Rural Well-Being in Israel. Presented at the 78th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society, 2-4 April 2004, London, UK.

44. The Role of Agriculture in Rural Well-Being in Israel. Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 7, 2004, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

45. Gender Differences in Health and Nutrition in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the "Immigration, Minorities and Social Exclusion" Conference, June 27-28, 2004, Bar- Ilan University, Israel.

46. Growth, Inequality and Labor Markets in LDCs: A Survey. Presented at the CESifo Venice Summer Institute on “Dissecting Globalization”, July 21-22, 2004, Venice International University, Italy.

47. Economic Transition in Rural Israel. Presented at the Workshop on "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Rural Development in Israel", December 14, 2004, Haifa University, Israel.

48. The Joint Dynamics of Off-Farm Employment and the Level of Farm Activity. With Avner Ahituv. Presented at the First Haifa-Humboldt Economics Conference, April 7- 8, 2005, Haifa University, Israel.

49. Land Reform, Cropland Allocation Decisions, and Crop Yields in Georgia. With Iddo Kan. Presented at the International Workshop on "Privatization, Liberalization and the Emergence of Private Farms in Former Soviet Countries", June 20-22, 2005, Tbilisi. Georgia.

50. Off-Farm Labor Supply in Rural Georgia. With Ofir Hoyman. Presented at the International Workshop on "Privatization, Liberalization and the Emergence of Private Farms in Former Soviet Countries", June 20-22, 2005, Tbilisi. Georgia.

51. Economic Well-Being in Rural Communities: The Role of Agriculture. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 24-27 July 2005, Providence, U.S.A.

52. Globalization, Growth and Inequality: A Labor Market Perspective. Presented at the COE/JEPA Joint International Conference “Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Declining Population Growth, Labor Market Transition and Economic Development under Globalization,” 17-18 December 2005, Awaji Island, Japan.

53. The Simultaneous Evolution of Farm Size and Specialization: Dynamic Panel Data Evidence from Israeli Farm Communities. With Hila Rekah. Presented at the 96th EAAE Seminar on "Causes and Impacts of Agricultural Structures", 10-11 January 2006, Taenikon, Switzerland.

54. Income Inequality Decomposition: the Case of Georgia. Presented at the 23th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, May 30, 2007, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

55. Does Land Reform in Transition Countries Increase Child Labor? Evidence from the Republic of Georgia. Presented at the IZA Workshop on "Child Labor in Developing Countries", June 7, 2007, Bonn, Germany.

56. The Incomes of Rural Households in Moshavim. Presented at the Workshop on "Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship in Moshavim", July 18, 2007, Rehovot, Israel.

57. Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Communities? Evidence from Israel. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

58. Survival and Growth of Family Farms in Israel. With Yuval Dolev. Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

59. Assessing the Response of Farm Households to Dairy Policy Reform in Israel. With Ofir Rubin. Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A. - won third place in the Outstanding Poster Presentation contest.

60. Regression-based Inequality Decomposition Revisited: The Case of Korean Farm Households. With Yuko Arayama and Jong-Moo Kim. Presented at the EEA-ESEM Congress, August 27-31, 2007, Budapest, Hungary.

61. On Specialization and Heterogeneity in Moshavim. Presented at the "Is There Another Economy?" Workshop, Center for Cooperative Studies, Yad Tabenkin, February 18, 2008, Ramat Efal, Israel.

62. Economic and Social Transformations in Moshavim. Presented at the "Transformations in the Rural Hemisphere in Israel" Workshop, Haihud Hahaklai, May 15, 2008, Ramat Efal, Israel.

63. Income Inequality within Agricultural Households in Korea. Presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, May 21-22, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel.

64. Does Female Income Contribute to the Rise in Income Inequality among Israeli Households? Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 4, 2008, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

65. Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the UNU-WIDER Project Workshop on "Entrepreneurship and Economic Development", August 21-23, 2008, Helsinki, Finland.

66. Identifying Determinants of Income Inequality in the Presence of Multiple Income Sources: The Case of Korean Farm Households. With Yuko Arayama and Jong-Moo Kim. Poster Presented at the IARIW 30th General Conference, August 24–30, 2008, Portoroz, Slovenia.

67. Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition: A Critical Review and Application to Farm-Household Income Data. Presented at the 63rd European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 27–31, 2008, Milan, Italy.

68. Male Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: a Decomposition Analysis. Presented at the Conference on "Income Distribution and the Family", September 1-3, 2008, Kiel, Germany.

69. Heterogeneity, Specialization and Growth in Israeli Moshav Communities. With Hila Rekah. Presented at the International Seminar on "Pathways to Rural Economic Development in Transition Countries: The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives", 5-6 September 2008, Yerevan, Armenia.

70. The World Food Crisis: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the Agricultural Extension Service Workshop, 11 September 2008, Beit Dagan, Israel.

71. Pension Wealth and Intergenerational Transfers in Family Businesses. Presented at the IASK International Conference: Global Management 2008, Porto, Portugal, 13- 15 October, 2008.

72. The World Food Crisis: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the "Nutrition Builds Future: Vision, Research and Implementation" Conference, 10 December 2008, Shefayim, Israel.

73. Fluctuations in Food Prices: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the "Fluctuations in Grain Prices and their Impact on Field-Crop Profitability in Israel" Workshop, 14 January 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

74. Food Prices in a Changing World. Presented at the "Israeli Agriculture and the World Economic Crisis" Workshop, 21 January 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

75. Israel's Technology Transfers to Developing Countries. Presented at the "Hungry for Change: Transcending feast, Famine and Frenzy" Conference, 4 February 2009, Edmonton, Canada.

76. Gender, Ethnic Minorities, and Rural Income Inequality: The Case of Israeli Arabs. Presented at the Mediterranean Research Meeting, 25-28 March 2009, Montecatini Terme, Italy.

77. Rural Non-Farm Employment and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia: The Gender Dimension. Presented at the FAO-IFAD-ILO Workshop on Gaps, Trends and Current Research in Gender Dimensions of Agricultural and Rural Employment: Differentiated Pathways Out of Poverty, 31 March - 2 April 2009, Rome, Italy.

78. Sources of the Food Price Crisis. Presented at the International Conference on "The Global Food Crisis: Meeting the Challenge." 5-6 May 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

79. Income Inequality in Small Communities: Ethnic Minorities, Education and Fertility. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 1, 2009, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

80. Income Inequality within Moshav Cooperatives. With Tal Wolberg. Presented at the International Workshop "Rural Cooperation in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Pathways to the Future," June 15-17, 2009, Rehovot, Israel.

81. Structural Changes in Israeli Agriculture. Presented at the Agrexco Summer 2009 Conference, August 2, 2009, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

82. Does Non-Farm Income Increase Farm-Household Income Inequality? Evidence from Three Continents. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

83. Land Reform and Off-Farm Labor Income in the Republic of Georgia. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

84. Challenges to Agricultural Cooperatives in the Face of Globalization: the Case of Israeli Moshavim. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

85. (What) Will We Eat Tomorrow. Presented at Tomorrow: The Israeli Presidential Conference, October 20-22, 2009, Jerusalem, Israel.

86. The Importance of Foreign Workers for Israeli Agriculture. Presented at the Agrexco4U Conference on Foreign Workers and the Water Crisis, December 24-26, 2009, Eilat, Israel.

87. World Food Prices and their Impact on Agriculture. Presented at the Workshop on Agricultural Planning under Uncertainty, July 4, 2010, Magen, Israel.

88. Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Urban Centers? Evidence from Israel. Presented at the 18th Annual Colloquium of the IGU-Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems, July 7-8, 2010, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

89. Education, Employment and Income: Israel 1998-2008. Presented at the 8th Annual Israel-Sderot Conference on Social Issues, November 9-10, 2010, Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel.

90. Revitalizing and Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture: The Aldeia Nova Project in Angola. Presented at the "Inclusive Sustainable Development Initiatives" Conference (Rehovot Conference 2010), December 5-7, 2010, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

91. Inequality, Poverty, and the Labor Market in Israel. Presented at the Second Annual Conference of ESPAnet Israel, "Social Policy in Israel: Research, Theory and Practice", February 10, 2011, The Max Stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel, Israel.

92. Religious Schooling, Secular Schooling, and Household Income Inequality in Israel. Presented at the Conference on “Human Capital and Employment in the European and Mediterranean Area”, March 10-11, 2011, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

93. Schooling Gaps – A Major Determinant of Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel (Keynote Lecture). Presented at the "Educational Periphery in Israel" Conference, March 31, 2011, Ramat Gan, Israel.

94. Education and Income Inequality in Israel: Policy Implications. Poster Presented at the CICSE Lectures on Growth and Development, April 27–29, 2011, Naples, Italy.

95. Long-run Trends in Farm Size Distribution and their Determinants. Presented at the "Emerging Issus in Agricultural Economics" International Workshop, May 29 - June 2, 2011, Rehovot, Israel.

96. Efficiency Implications of the Dairy Farm Policy Reform in Israel. Presented at the "Emerging Issus in Agricultural Economics" International Workshop, May 29 - June 2, 2011, Rehovot, Israel.

97. Dilemmas of Economic Development in Rural Areas. Presented at the "Dilemmas of Economic Development in Rural Areas" Roundtable Discussion on the Changing Rural Hemisphere, June 12, 2011, Haifa, Israel.

98. Long-run Trends in the Farm Size Distribution in Israel: the Role of Part-Time Farming. Presented at the XIIIth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economics, August 30 - September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland.

99. Can Female Non-Farm Labor Income Reduce Income Inequality? Evidence from Rural Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the XIIIth Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economics, August 30 - September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland.

100. Employment and Wage Disparities. Presented at the 9th Annual Israel-Sderot Conference on Social Issues, November 29-30, 2011, Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel.

101. The Role of Education in Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel (Keynote Lecture). Presented at the "Meet after School" Workshop, December 7th, 2011,Tel Aviv, Israel.

102. Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel: 1998-2010. Presented at the "Economy Under Siege" Conference, January 17-18, 2012, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

103. Employment and Wage Gaps in Israel. Presented at the Third Annual Conference of ESPAnet Israel, "From Whom to Demand Social Justice: Social Policy and Civilian Society in a Time of Protest", March 1st, 2012, Ashkelon Academic College, Israel.

104. The World Food Crisis: The Role of Agriculture. Presented at the "Global Agriculture" Conference, March 13th, 2012, Shefayim, Israel.

105. Employment and Wage Gaps in Israel: The Role of Education. Presented at the Conference on "Israeli Society: Current Trends and Future Prospects", April 15th, 2012, New York University, New York, U.S.A.

106. Trends in Work Patterns and Income of the Elderly in Israel. Presented at the Retirement Age Workshop, June 20-21, 2012, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

107. Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation, and Food Prices: A Partial Equilibrium Approach using Micro Data. Presented at the Climate Change and Development Policy Conference , September 28-29, 2012, UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland.

108. Demographic Survey of Preschool Children. Presented at the Symposium on "Pre- Primary Education in Israel: Organizational and Demographic Aspects", October 31st, 2012, Jerusalem, Israel.

109. Preventing Dropout from Higher Education: At All Price? Critical Analysis of the Situation in Israel and Overseas. Presented at the Second Conference on Preventing Dropout from Higher Education, November 5th, 2012, Jerusalem, Israel.

110. Trends in Work Patterns and Income of the Elderly in Israel. Presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of ESPAnet Israel, "The Welfare State: Change, Breakdown or Awakening", January 31st, 2013, Jerusalem, Israel.

111. Land Reform and its Distributional Implications: The Case of Georgia. Presented at the International Workshop on “Agricultural Transition In Central And Eastern Europe And The Former USSR After 20 Years, March 20-22, 2013, Rehovot, Israel.

112. Who needs Agriculture in Israel? Presented at the “Agriculture Grows Opportunities” Conference, May 20, 2013, Tel Aviv, Israel.

113. Trends in Employment Patterns of the Elderly: Canada vs Israel. Presented at the 14th Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies, May 20-23, 2013, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

114. Income Inequality between and within Population Groups in Israel: 1997- 2010. Presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 4, 2013, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

115. Is the Israeli Labor Market Segmented? Presented at the 2013 Australasian Meetings of the Econometric Society, July 10-12, 2013, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

116. Employment and well-being of older Israelis. Presented at the “Too Young to Retire – Too Old to Work” Workshop, October 6-7, 2013, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

117. Trends of Labor Income Inequality in Israel. Presented at the “Causes and Consequences of Inequality” Workshop, October 30, 2013, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, Jerusalem, Israel.

118. “Migrant” Workers in Israeli Agriculture and Export Expansion: Is There a Link? Presented at the IATRC 2013 meeting, December 15-17, 2013, Clearwater Beach, FL, USA (keynote lecture).

119. Implications of the World Food Price Fluctuations. Presented at the Third Annual Conference of the Israel Society of Crop and Vegetable Sciences, February 3-4, 2014, Rehovot, Israel (keynote lecture).

120. Trends in Labor Market Inequality in Israel. Presented at the Fifth Annual Conference of ESPAnet Israel, "Inequality, Poverty and Exclusion: Challenges for the Welfare State", February 13th, 2014, Tel Aviv, Israel.

121. Does Family Composition Affect Social Networking? Presented at the CESifo Conference on Social Economics, March 21-22, 2014, Munich, Germany.

122. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel. Presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the World Poultry Science Association – Israel Branch, March 25-27, 2014, Jerusalem, Israel (keynote lecture).

123. Trends in Wage Inequality in Israel. Presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, May 20, 2014, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

124. Trends in the Global Food Situation. Presented at the Hishtil International Conference, May 22, 2014, Ashkelon, Israel.

125. The Future of Social Policy: The Case of Old-Age Support. Presented at the Wolf Foundation Summit in Honor of the 2014 Wolf Prize Laureates, May 29, 2014, Jerusalem, Israel.

126. The Effect of the Dairy Farm Policy Reform on Dairy Farm Efficiency. Presented at the Workshop for Research in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, June 23, 2014, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel.

127. The Differences between the Rural Population and The Urban Population in Israel: Work, Income and Well-Being. Presented at the Workshop for Research in Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, June 23, 2014, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan, Israel.

128. Efficiency Implications of the Dairy Farm Policy Reform in Israel. Presented at the “Georgia-Israel Relations: Managing Green Economy” Conference, July 14-17, 2014, Mestia, Georgia.

129. Identifying Determinants of Income Inequality in the Presence of Multiple Income Sources: The Case of Korean Farm Households. With Yuko Arayama and Jong-Moo Kim. Poster Presented at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, August 26–29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

130. The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Prices: Combining a Micro Land Use Model and a Market Equilibrium Model. Presented at the 14th Congress of the European Association of Agricultural Economists, August 26–29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

131. Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Food Prices and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from Israel. Presented at the International Conference on Consumer Research, September 29–30, 2014, Bonn, Germany.

132. Can Female Non-Farm Labor Income Reduce Income Inequality? Evidence from Rural Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the Conference on IGAD Economies and Federalism in Somalia, October 23-25, 2014, Adis Ababa, Ethiopia.

133. Employment, Income and Poverty of Older Israelis. Presented at the “Elderly Rights in Israel”, the Annual Conference of the NGO’s for the Elderly in Israel, November 27, 2014, Shefayim, Israel.

134. Are Migrant Agricultural Workers Replacing the Local Workforce? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2015, Boston, MA, USA.

135. Promoting Employment of Ultra-Orthodox Men. Presented at the 2015 Annual Conference of ESPAnet Israel, "Welfare and Equality in the Neo-Liberal era: policy, Social Services and Activism", February 23rd, 2015, Ben-Gurion University, Beer- Sheva, Israel.

136. Public Support of Agriculture: Whether, How, and How Much. Presented at the "Is Agriculture Necessary for Israel" Workshop, May 18th, 2015, Petach Tikva Museum of Arts, Petach Tikva, Israel.

137. The Level of High School Math Studies, Academic Studies and Labor Market Performance. Presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 1st, 2015, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

138. Trends in World Food Prices and their Impact on Israeli Farmers. Presented at the 5th Jordan Valley Conference, June 6th, 2015, Jordan Valley Regional Concil, Israel.

139. Feeding the World in the 21st Century. Presented at the "Transitions in Israeli Agriculture and Feeding the World in the 21st Century" Conference, June 29th, 2015, The Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel.

140. Revitalizing and Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture: The Aldeia Nova Project in Angola. Presented at the "Israel, Food Security and the Developing World - Fulfilling the Technological Potential" Workshop, July 14th, 2015, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

141. Micro-Macro Impacts of Climate-Change on Agriculture and Food Markets. Presented at the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Econbomists, August 8– 14, 2015, Milan, Italy.

142. Is Foreign Farm Labor a Blessing or a Curse? Evidence from Israel. Presented at the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Econbomists, August 8–14, 2015, Milan, Italy.

143. Water Market Efficiency as Key to Satisfying Increasing Food Demand in Dry Countries: The Case of Israel. Presented at the 29th International Conference of Agricultural Econbomists, August 8–14, 2015, Milan, Italy.

144. Competitiveness in the Dairy Chain: Lessons for Israel. Presented at the National Forum on Dairy Production, October 7th, 2015, Mexico City, Mexico.

145. Farm Sizes in Israel: A Historical Perspective. Presented at the "Open-Closed: Mikveh Israel" Workshop, October 25th, 2015, Tel Aviv, Israel.

146. Is Public Support of Agriculture in Israel Justified? Presented at the 27th Annual Conference of Cattle Sciences, November 23rd-25th, 2015, Jerusalem, Israel.

147. Agriculture and Climate Change: Inequality Implications. Presented at the IFAD Global Expert Convening, Towards a High-Impact Demand-Driven Research Agenda for IFAD, December 1st-3rd, 2015, Rome, Italy.

148. Revitalizing and Modernizing Smallholder Agriculture: The Aldeia Nova Project in Angola. Presented at the 4th Africa Tribune, "Practices of Development in Medicine and Agriculture," December 9th, 2015, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

149. The Future of Family Farms in Israel – Discussion. Presented at the 14th Roundtable Discussion on the Changing Rural Hemisphere, December 13th, 2015, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

150. The Decision to Become an Entrepreneur and Entrepreneurial Success among Ethnic Minorities and Immigrants: The Case of Israel. Presented at the Kauffman Foundation conference, "New Insights and Potential Sources of New Entrepreneurial Growth: Minority Entrepreneurship," January 5-6, 2016, San Francisco, CA, USA.

151. Does Consumption Decrease After Retirement, and for Whom? Presented at the 30th Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, June 15- 18, 2016, Berlin, Germany.

152. Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Markets. Presented at the Batsheva de Rothschild Workshop on Climate Changes and their Effect on Agriculture, Economics and the Environment, June 20-21, 2016, Ein Tzurim, Israel.

153. Does Consumption Decrease After Retirement, and for Whom? Presented at the 2016 Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 11-13, 2016, Kyoto, Japan.

154. Does Consumption Decrease After Retirement, and for Whom? Presented at the 2017 NETSPAR International Pension Workshop, January 18-20, 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands.

155. Agricultural Support Policy in Israel. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Union of Kibbutz Economic Organizations, February 21-22, 2017, Yezre'el, Israel.

156. Agricultural Development: Lessons from Israel. Presented at the Conference on India-Israel Bilateral Cooperation in Agriculture, May 8, 2017, New Delhi, India.

157. The Effect of Increasing the Retirement Age on Labor Supply. Presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 7, 2017, Ra'anana, Israel.

158. School-to-Work Linkage: Discussion. Presented at the Conference on Social Mobility and Inequality in Israel, June 14-15, 2017, Jerusalem, Israel.

159. Agricultural Development: Lessons from Israel. Presented at the Roundtable on Agricultural Development in Myanmar, July 24, 2017, Yangon, Myanmar.

160. Who Exits from a Reforming Sector? The Case of Dairy Farmers in Israel. Presented at the XV EAAE Congress, "Towards Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Balancing Between Markets and Society," August 29-September 1, 2017, Parma, Italy.

161. Socio-economic Trends in Israel. Presented at the 29th Annual Conference of Dairy Sciences, November 21-23, 2017, Jerusalem, Israel.

Other Lectures and Seminars

1. Agricultural Credit in Israel. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, March 1986. 2. Part-Time Farming as an Optimal Occupational Choice Decision. The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, May 1989. 3. Occupational Choice in Cooperative Farming: Theory and Evidence. The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, November 1989. 4. Occupational Choice in IsraeliCooperative Villages. The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, April 1990. 5. Occupational Choice in IsraeliCooperative Villages. The University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, May 1990. 6. Occupational Choice in IsraeliCooperative Villages. University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics, October 1990. 7. Occupational Choice in IsraeliCooperative Villages. The University of Chicago, Department of Economics, December 1990. 8. Institutional Structure of Agricultural Cooperatives and its Effects on Occupational Choices: The Case of Israeli Semi-Cooperative Villages. The University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, January 1991. 9. The Relevance of the Extent of Farm Work to the Analysis of Off-Farm Labor Supply of Farmers. The University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, July 1991. 10. Occupational Choice in Israeli Cooperative Villages. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1992. 11. Optimal Timing of Transferring the Farm Operation from Father to Son. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1993. 12. Institutional Environment, Ideological Commitment, and Farmers' Time Allocation: the Case of Israeli Moshavim. Haifa University, Department of Economics, October 1993. 13. Differential Human Capital Investments and the Choice of Successor in Family Farms. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1993. 14. Off-Farm Work of Farmers: The Effect of Household Composition. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1994. 15. A Plan for a Household Survey in Southern Ethiopia.. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, November 1994. 16. Intergenerational Succession in Family Businesses. The University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, January 1995. 17. Estimation of an Endogenous Switching Regression Model with Discrete Dependent Variables. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1995. 18. Household Demand for Tobacco: Identifying Reasons for Non-Purchases. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1996. 19. Estimating Demand Functions with Corner Solutions: Testing Alternative Empirical Models. University of Hawaii, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, September 1996. 20. Retirement Planning and Succession Considerations among Maryland Farmers: Evidence from a Household Survey. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1997.

21. Retirement Planning and Succession Considerations among Maryland Farmers: Evidence from a Household Survey. Gießen University, Division of Economics, June 1997. 22. Retirement Planning and Succession Considerations among Maryland Farmers: Evidence from a Household Survey. Göttingen University, Institute for Agricultural Economics June 1997. 23. Off-Farm Work Decisions of Farmers over the Life-Cycle: The Role of Heterogeneity and State-Dependence. Tel-Aviv University, Department of Economics, November 1997. 24. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 1998. 25. Off-Farm Work and Investment Decisions over the Farmer’s Life-Cycle. The Hebrew University, Department of Economics, May 1998. 26. Off-Farm Work and Capital Accumulation over the Farmer’s Life-Cycle. Yale University, Department of Economics, October 1998. 27. Capital Accumulation and Off-Farm Work Decisions of Israeli Farmers over the Life-Cycle. Rutgers University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, November 1998. 28. Capital Accumulation and Off-Farm Work Decisions of Israeli Farmers over the Life-Cycle. North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, December 1998. 29. Off-Farm Labor and Farm Capital Investments. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, October 1999. 30. Intrahousehold Food Allocation in Southern Ethiopia. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, March 2000. 31. Off-Farm Work and Capital Accumulation Decisions of Farmers over the Life- Cycle. INRA Rennes Department of Rural Economics and Sociology, June 2000. 32. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, 2000. 33. Threshold Variation and Multivariate Ordered Discrete Response Models. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, April 2001. 34. Living on the Farm – Working Off-Farm. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Seminar on Agricultural Statistics, July 2001. 35. Changes in Labor Supply Patterns in Moshavim. Emek Yizre’el College, November 2001. 36. Socio-Economic Determinants of Health and Physical Fitness in Southern Ethiopia. The Hebrew University, Department of Economics, May 2002. 37. Family Composition and Farmers’ Time Allocation. INRA Rennes Department of Rural Economics and Sociology, August 2002. 38. Off-Farm Labor Supply of Israeli Farmers. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, January 2003. 39. Family Composition and Farmers’ Time Allocation. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, Workshop on Agricultural Statistics, April 2003. 40. On the Estimation of Multiple Participation Equations. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, June 2003. 41. Comments on The Empirics of Growth. The World Bank, Growth Thematic Group, June 2003. 42. The Effects of Technological, Institutional, and Structural Changes on Family Farms. Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, October 2003.

43. Population Well-Being in Rural Localities in Israel. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, December 2003. 44. The Rise and Fall of Israeli Agriculture: Technology, Markets, and Policy. Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Department of Economics, October 2004. 45. Part-Time Farming and the The Allocation of Time in Agricultural Households. Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Department of Economics, November 2004. 46. Cooperation, Conflict, and Intergenerational Succession in Farm Households. Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, Department of Economics, November 2004. 47. Labor Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms. Bar Ilan University, Department of Economics, December 2004. 48. Growth, Inequality and Labor Markets in LDCs: A Survey. The World Bank, January 2005. 49. Intergenerational Succession on Family Farms. Tel-Aviv Academic College, March 2005. 50. Structural Changes in the Israeli Farm Sector. Nagoya University, December 2005. 51. Labor Allocation Decisions in Israeli Farm Families. University of Pennsylvania, Population Studies Center Colloquium, February 2006. 52. Has Debt Restructuring Facilitated Structural Transformation on Israeli Family Farms? The University of Maryland, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, May 2006. 53. Are Changes in Farm Size and Labor Allocation Structurally Related? Dynamic Analysis of Structural Changes in Israeli Agriculture. United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, May 2006. 54. Has Debt Restructuring Facilitated Structural Transformation on Israeli Family Farms? Nagoya University (Japan), School of Economics, July 2006. 55. Economic Well-Being in Rural Communities in Israel: The Role of Agriculture. Chiba University (Japan), Faculty of Horticulture, July 2006. 56. Blooming Agriculture, Bankrupt Farmers: the Current Agricultural Situation in Israel. Institute of Developing Economies (Japan), Area Studies Center, August 2006. 57. On the Interdependence of Work Choices and Farm Size in Israeli Family Farms. Kyoto University (Japan), Natural Resource Economics Division, September 2006. 58. Economics of the Family: Theory and Applications to Farm Households. Part 1: Time Allocation. Nagoya University (Japan), School of Economics, September 2006. 59. Economics of the Family: Theory and Applications to Farm Households. Part 2: Intergenerational Transfers. Nagoya University (Japan), School of Economics, September 2006. 60. On the Interdependence of Work Choices and Farm Size in Israeli Family Farms. Hitotsubashi University (Japan), Department of Economics, September 2006. 61. Determinants of Income Inequality among Korean Farm Households. Nagoya University (Japan), Center for Economic Research, September 2006. 62. Decomposition of Inequality using Multiple Regression: Application to Korean Farm Households. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, December 2006. 63. Determinants of Income Inequality among Korean Farm Households. Haifa University (Israel), Department of Economics, January 2007.

64. Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition: A Critical Review and Application to Farm-Household Income Data. University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Economics, April 2007. 65. Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition: A Critical Review and Application to Farm-Household Income Data. Bar Ilan University (Israel), Department of Economics, December 2007. 66. Has Debt Restructuring Facilitated Structural Transformation on Israeli Family Farms? The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, May 2008. 67. Sources of Income Inequality among Agricultural Households in Korea. The Hebrew University (Israel), Department of East Asian Studies, June 2008. 68. The World Food Crisis and its Effect on Israeli Agriculture. Mishkey Beit Shean (Israel), August 2008. 69. The World Food Crisis: Causes and Consequences. Kibbutz Yakum (Israel), December 2008. 70. What's Going On with Food Prices? Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), February 2009. 71. Using Inequality Decompositions to Focus Counteractive Policy. Tel Aviv University (Israel), Department of Sociology. November 2009. 72. Guidelines for Rural Policy in Israel. Tnu'at Hamoshavim (Israel), Economic Forum. December 2009. 73. Labor Market Issues in Israel. Hillel Association (Israel), September 2010. 74. Economic Growth and Income Gaps in Israel. Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel), January 2011. 75. Using Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition for Policy Evaluation: The Case of Educational Attainment in Israel. Ben Gurion University (Israel), Department of Economics, March 2011. 76. Schooling Gaps – A Major Determinant of Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel. Achva Academic Capmus (Israel), June 2011. 77. Schooling Gaps – A Major Determinant of Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel. Meeting of School Headmasters, Yad Hashmona (Israel), September 2011. 78. Religious Schooling, Secular Schooling, and Household Income Inequality in Israel. Vienna University for Economics and Business (Austria), Department of Economics, October 2011. 79. Land Reform and Its Distributional Implications: The Case of Georgia. University of Leuven (Belgium), LICOS Centre for Institutions & Economic Performance, October 2011. 80. Schooling Gaps – A Major Determinant of Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel. Meeting of Managers of Day Centers for the Elderly, Ma'ale Hahamisha (Israel), November 2011. 81. Schooling as a Major Determinant of Socio-Economic Gaps in Israel. Meeting of Library Managers, Ramat Rachel (Israel), November 2011. 82. Society, Economy and Education. The Koret-Milken Institute (Israel), December 2011. 83. The Food Price Crisis and Development Challenges in Developing Countries. CINADCO - The Center for International Agricultural Development Cooperation (Israel), January 2012. 84. Labor Market Trends: Employment and Wage Gaps. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies (Israel), Labor Policy Group, January 2012.

85. Society, Economy and Education. Movement for Progressive Judaism's Pre-Army Mechina Program for Leadership (Israel), February 2012. 86. Society, Economy and Education. Afik Center for Student Leadership, National Union of Israeli Students (Israel), February 2012. 87. Society, Economy, Education and Policy. Detroit Federation's Israel and Overseas Committee Visit (Israel), February 2012. 88. Land Reform and Its Distributional Implications: The Case of Georgia. Holon Institute of Technology (Israel), Faculty of Management of Technology, March 2012. 89. The World Food Crisis: The Role of Agriculture. CINADCO - The Center for International Agricultural Development Cooperation (Israel), March 2012. 90. Society, Economy and Education. Prime Minister's Office (Israel), March 2012. 91. Society, Economy and Policy in Israel. Parliamentary Foreign Affais Committee of Finland (Israel), May 2012. 92. Land Reform and its Distributional Implications: The Case of Georgia. Ben Gurion University (Israel), Department of Economics, May 2012. 93. Society, Economy and Policy in Israel. BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre (Israel), May 2012. 94. Structural Changes in Israeli Agriculture. Research Center for Humanity and Nature (Japan), August 2012. 95. What Happens to World Food Prices? Research Center for Humanity and Nature (Japan), September 2012. 96. World Food Price Fluctuations: Sources, Implications and Solutions. United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Studies (Japan), September 2012. 97. Farm Household Adjustment to Structural Changes: Evidence from Israel. Nagoya University (Japan), School of Economics, September 2012. 98. Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation, and Food Prices. Research Center for Humanity and Nature (Japan), September 2012. 99. Economic Analysis of Water Management Efficiency: The Israeli Experience. Research Center for Humanity and Nature (Japan), September 2012. 100. Agricultural Structure and Water Resource Policy. Kyoto University (Japan), October 2012. 101. Society, Economy and Policy in Israel. Garin Tzabar Jerusalem Seminar, Zofim Olami (Israel), October 2012. 102. Socio- Economic Gaps in Israel. Sapir Academic College, Sderot (Israel), October 2012. 103. Trends in Israeli Economy and Society. The Koret-Milken Institute (Israel), October 2012. 104. Is the Rise in Food Prices Permanent or Temporary? “Madua” Lecture, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel), November 2012. 105. Socio- Economic Gaps in Israel. Students of Economics Forum, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem (Israel), November 2012. 106. Society, Economy and Policy in Israel. The Associated Baltimore Jewish Federation Delegation, Jerusalem, (Israel), February 2013. 107. Economy and Society in Israel. American Embassy Youth Council, Tel-Aviv, (Israel), March 2013. 108. Trends in Employment and Income of the Elderly. The Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Rehovot (Israel), May 2013.

109. Society, Economy and Policy in Israel. Chicago-Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir Partnership Steering Committee, Kiryat Gat, (Israel), June 2013. 110. Israeli Agriculture: Past, Present and Future. The Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot (Israel), June 2013. 111. Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation and Food Prices: A Partial Equilibrium Approach Using Micro Data. University of Sydney, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Australia), August 2013. 112. Society, Economy and Policy: Findings from the Taub Center research in Israel. Jewish National Fund of Australia, Melbourne, (Australia), August 2013. 113. The Agricultural Economy of Israel. The Hebrew University, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot (Israel), September 2013. 114. Economy and Society in Israel: Trends and International Comparisons. The Koret-Milken Institute (Israel), September 2013. 115. Labor Market Trends and Disparities in Israel. UJA Federation of New York (USA), December 2013. 116. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel. Ruppin Academic College (Israel), June 2014. 117. The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture and Food Prices: Combining a Micro Land Use Model and a Market Equilibrium Model. University of Bonn (Germany), October 2014. 118. Well-being, Inequality and Education in Israel. Kiryat Moriah, Jerusalem (Israel), October 2014. 119. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel. Mercantile Bank (Israel), November 2014. 120. Socio-Economic Policy in Israel. Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Animal Science (Israel), December 2014. 121. Are Migrant Agricultural Workers Replacing the Local Workforce? Hebrew University, Department of Agricultural Economics and Management (Israel), December 2014. 122. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Holon Institute of Technology, Faculty of Design (Israel), December 2014. 123. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel), December 2014. 124. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Boston (USA), January 2015. 125. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Milken Institute (Israel), January 2015. 126. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Meitar, Liquornik, Geva, Leshem, Tal (Israel), January 2015. 127. The Start-Up Nation and the Threat from Within. Israel National Defense College (Israel), March 2015. 128. Socioeconomic Challanges for the Start-Up Nation. Taub Center for Social Policy Studies (Israel), March 2015. 129. Socioeconomic Challanges for the Start-Up Nation. Menachem Begin Heritage Center (Israel), April 2015. 130. The Importance of Agriculture to Rural Revitaliuzation: The Case of Israel. Weitz Center for Development Studies (Israel), May 2015. 131. The Level of High School Math Studies, Academic Studies and Labor Market Performance. Department of Public Policy, Tel Aviv University (Israel), June 2015.

132. Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture, Food Prices and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from Israel. Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University (Israel), June 2015. 133. The World Food Market. Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel), July 2015. 134. Socio-Economic Policy in Israel. Israeli Dairy Board (Israel), September 2015. 135. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel. Milken Institute (Israel), October 2015. 136. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel: A Policy Perspective. Fuchsberg Center (Israel), October 2015. 137. The Importance of Education for Closing Social Gaps in Israel. Muzot School (Israel), November 2015. 138. The Level of High School Math Studies, Academic Studies and Labor Market Performance. School of Economics and Management, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College (Israel), November 2015. 139. The Labor Market in Israel. Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (Israel), January 2016. 140. The Involvement of Haredim in the Labor Market. The Open University, Tel Aviv (Israel), January 2016. 141. Foreign workers in Israeli Agriculture: A Blessing or a Curse? Chief Economist Office, Ministry of Finance, Jerusalem (Israel), January 2016. 142. The Start-Up Nation's Threat from Within. German-Israeli Young Leader Exchange Program, BertelsmannStiftung, Tel Aviv (Israel), February 2016. 143. Feeding the World in the 21st Century. Student Award Ceremony, Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot (Israel), February 2016. 144. The Labor Market in Israel. Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv (Israel), March 2016. 145. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Past, Present and Future. Mechinat Nachshon, Giv'at Brenner (Israel), March 2016. 146. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Past, Present and Future. Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University, Rehovot (Israel), March 2016. 147. Trends in World Food Prices. Kfar Varburg (Israel), March 2016. 148. Trends in World Food Prices. School of Economics and Business Administration, Ruppin Academic Center (Israel), June 2016. 149. Policy Instruments for Supporting the Succeeding Generation in Agriculture. Office of the Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel), July 2016. 150. Public Opinion about Agriculture and Rural Areas, and Public Policy in Those Areas. Office of the Chief Scientist, Israeli Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Israel), July 2016. 151. Foreign Workers in Israeli Agriculture: A Blessing or a Curse? Kyoto University (Japan), August 2016. 152. Socio-Economic Challenges of Israel. Embassy of Sweden in Tel-Aviv (Israel), November 2016. 153. The Importance of Education for Labor Market Success and for Coping with Inequality. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), November 2016. 154. The Importance of Agriculture to Rural Revitaliuzation: The Case of Israel. Weitz Center for Development Studies (Israel), December 2016. 155. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Past, Present and Future. Mechinat Nachshon, Kvuzat Shiller (Israel), December 2016.

156. Socio-Economic Challenges of Israel. Inbar Program of Maoz, Lod (Israel), December 2016. 157. The Labor Market in Israel. Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (Israel), January 2017. 158. The Labor Market in Israel. Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv (Israel), January 2017. 159. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Technology, Markets and Policy. Organization of Family Dairy Farms, Migdal Ha'emek (Israel), January 2017. 160. Socio-Economic Trends in Israel. Gvanim Program for Young Leadership, Tel- Aviv (Israel), January 2017. 161. Socio-Economic Challenges of Israel. Advot Program of Maoz, Lod (Israel), December 2016. 162. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Past, Present and Future. Mechinat Nachshon, Kvuzat Shiller (Israel), January 2017. 163. What Drives the Convergence in Male and Female Wage Distributions? Evidence from Israel. Korea University, Department of Economics, Seoul (South Korea), February 2017. 164. Socio-Economic Challenges of Israel. Korea University, Department of Economics, Seoul (South Korea), February 2017. 159. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Technology, Markets and Policy. Yezre'el Valley Farmers Association, Migdal Ha'emek (Israel), February 2017. 160. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Technology, Markets and Policy. Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan (Israel), February 2017. 161. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Past, Present and Future. Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot (Israel), March 2017. 162. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Technology, Markets and Policy. Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot (Israel), April 2017. 163. Economy, Agriculture and Dairy Farming in Israel. International Dairy Federation (Israel), Standing Committee on Dairy Policies & Economics, Tel-Aviv (Israel), April 2017. 164. Socio-Economic Challenges of Israel. The Wexner Foundation, Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (Israel), June 2017. 165. The Agricultural Economy of Israel: Technology, Markets and Policy. Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Netiv Halamed He (Israel), June 2017. 166. Inequality, Poverty and Education in Israel. Interdisciplinary Center Hertzliya, School of Economics (Israel), July 2017. 167. Agricultural Development: Lessons from Israel. Yangon University of Economics (Myanmar), July 2017. 168. Education, Labor and Inequality. Professional Development Unit, Ministry of Education (Israel), September 2017. 169. Educational Quality in Israel and its Implications for Productivity, Growth and Socio-Economic Gaps. National Economic Council (Israel), November 2017. 170. The Importance of Agriculture to Rural Revitaliuzation: The Case of Israel. Weitz Center for Development Studies (Israel), December 2017. 171. Efficiency Implications of the Dairy Farm Policy Reforms in Israel. Israel Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Beit Dagan (Israel), December 2017. 172. The Labor Market in Israel. Van Leer Institute, Jerusalem (Israel), December 2017.