Idit Kalisher

Education Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2012-2020 Ph.D. in Economics Thesis: “Economic and Behavioral Aspects of Employment Mobility” Supervisors: Dr. Suleiman Abu Bader, Prof. Israel Luski, Prof. Miki Malul

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2005-2007 MA in Economics Thesis: “Fixed Salary vs. Pay-for-perfromance – a Comparison Concerning the Market for Lectueres” Supervisor: Prof. Oscar Volij

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 2002-2005 BA in Economics First Class Honors

Research Interests Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Education Economics, Inequality, Public Policy

Current Employment Aaron Institute for Economic Policy 2019-present Senior researcher, the Program for Economic Policy for the Israeli Arab population. Sapir Academic College 2016-present Lectuerer and Tutor, Department of Economics; Sha’ar la Academia (Gate to the Academy). Ben-Gurion University of the Negev 2008-present Lecturer and Tutor, Department of Economics; School of Management.

Past Employment Achva Academic College 2015-2016 Lecturer, Department of Economics. Israel Academic College 2012-2018 Lecturer, Departmant of Information Technology Management.

Conferences / Presentations “Economic and Behavioral Aspects of Employment mobility” at the departmental doctoral presentation seminar, Ben Gurion University, March 2020.

“Emoployment mobility and the effect of wage and tenure” at the 20th International Conference on Labor Economics and Industrial Relations, Venice, Italy, November 2018

“Emoployment mobility and the effect of wage and tenure” at the 9th Nordic Worklife Conference, Oslo, Norway, June 2018.

Other Publications Tehawkho, M,, Kalisher, I., Moskalev, K., (2020). Policy paper: Return on Hebrew proficiency in the Israeli-Arab population: barriers to Hebrew acquisition and recommendations for removal. Aaron Institute for Economic Policy.

Kalisher, I., (2015). Bayaar (In the Forest). Children's book based on the course Principles of Economics.

Scholarships and Grants 2016 National Insurance Institution of Israel grant for Ph.D candidates ($8,500) 2015-2016 PBC scholarship for excellent Ph.D proposal ($28,500) 2013-2017 Full PhD tuition scholarship ($6,000)