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Tsur Shay

Tsur Shay

Ph.D, Head of UnitMacroeconomics and Policy Division - Macroeconomic Activity Unit

List of Bank of Israel publications

12
26/01/2022

Compensation for Holocaust survivors in Israel and the human capital of the second generation
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
09/05/2021

Why Do Exporters Pay Higher Wages? Empirical Evidence from Israeli Companies
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
27/03/2019

Conditional Convergence and Future TFP Growth in Israel
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
27/03/2019

A Long-Run Growth Model for Israel
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
02/02/2017

Liquidity Constraints and Human Capital: The Impact of Welfare Policy on Arab Families in Israel
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
16/03/2016

Local authorities’ financing of elementary school teaching hours and its effect on affirmative action in the Hebrew-State stream
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
12/04/2014

Segregation of students in primary and middle schools
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
19/02/2012

What did you learn in school today, dear little boy of mine? The use of teacher work hours in primary schools
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
21/12/2010

The Allocation of Teachers' Working Hours in Primary Education, 2001 09
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
28/02/2010

The Contribution of Vocational High School Studies to Educational Achievement and Success in the Labor Market
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
28/10/2008

The effect of Israeli students' socioeconomic background on their achievements in the matriculation examinations
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department
04/05/2008

Transport Infrastructure Investment, Commuting, and Wages
Discussion Paper Series - Research Department

Education

  • 2020

    Ph.D, Economics, Tel Aviv University

  • 2010

    M.A, Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

  • 2005

    B.A, Business Management and Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Experience

  • 2024

    Head of the Macroeconomic Activity Unit, The Research Department, Bank of Israel

  • 2020-2023

    Senior Advisor to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

  • 2019-2020

    Senior Researcher, The Research Department, Bank of Israel

  • 2018-2019

    Acting Head of the Macroeconomic Activity Unit, The Research Department, Bank of Israel

  • 2006-2018

    Economist, The Research Department, Bank of Israel

Areas of interest

Macroeconomics; Economic Growth; Economics Education and Family Economics

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