Resume of Economist, Project Manager, Research Analyst

Title
Economist, Project Manager, Research Analyst

Primary Skills
SAS, MS. Office, Econometrics, Program Evaluation, incentive payment

Location
US-WA-Seattle

Posted
Nov-17-07


EDUCATION

1994 -- 2005 Ph.D., Economics
Department of Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Dissertation: “The Effect of Vocational Training on Unemployment Duration,”
Mentor: Prof. Michael Beenstock
Used micro data (around 100,000 observations) of unemployed people in Israel. Conducted an empirical research using econometric methods and statistical software.

1989 -- 1993 M.A., Economics
Department of Economics, Tel Aviv University
Thesis: “Wage and Employment in a Trade-Union Firm, Insiders-Outsiders Model: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination”

1985 -- 1989 B.Sc. Industrial Engineering and Management, magna cum laude
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
B.A project: “Computerized Simulation for an Algorithm of Production Control”


EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

1997--2006: Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Employment
Manager of the Vocational Training Research Unit:
Coordinated and supervised a survey project on unemployed persons in training programs and on practical engineering students.
Formed guidelines and managed the bidding process for selecting the contractor to run the survey; guided and supervised the contractor.
Analyzed the data and wrote reports for decision makers.

1994--2006: AMAN Corporation for Industrial Engineering and Management.
Project manager:
Managed a project for developing an incentive payment system, which included hundreds of workers at a major public institution.
Managed a project for pricing assessment, including recommendations of the most cost-effective alternative.
Managed projects which involved analysis of organizational structure, description of the tasks of each member in the organization and recommendations for improving the organization's performance.

1991--1993: Sherutay Handasa Industrial Engineering and Management Services.
Management consultant
Member of a team that developed and maintained systems of stock management in a public and industrial institutions.


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Policy Analysis, Institute of Public Service, Seattle University,
Summer 2007

Instructor, Quantitative Methods for Evaluation of Social programs, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington, Spring 2007

Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics, Seattle Pacific University, Spring 2007

Instructor, Principles of Microeconomics, University of Washington Bothell, Winter 2007

Teaching Assistant, Time Study, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 1989


PUBLICATIONS

“Sign Reversal in LIVE Treatment Effect Estimates: The Effect of Vocational Training on Unemployment Duration,” Forthcoming in Labour Economics (with Michael Beenstock)

“Analysis of Changes in Employment and Wages of Unemployed Persons in Israel after Participation in Vocational-Training Courses,” Economics Quarterly, December 2002, pp. 577--601 (Hebrew) (with A. Ahituv and L. Cohen )

“Vocational Training Participants Who are Not in the Labor Force After the End of the Training Program,” Israel Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Employment, Manpower Planning Authority, Jerusalem, May 2001 (Hebrew).

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