Gil S. Epstein

Research Fellow

Bar-Ilan University

Gil.Epstein@biu.ac.il

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Forschungsinteressen

Gil S. Epstein obtained his doctorate in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1994. After spending two and a half years at the University of Pennsylvania he joined the Department of Economics at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Gil is currently an Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics and is an Associate Editor for economics. In addition, he is a Research Fellow in IZA and a Research Fellow in CReAM.

Gil has published in Journals such as Management Science, Journal of Development Economics, European Economic Review, Social Choice and Welfare and Journal of Public Economics. His book on Endogenous Public Policy and Contests (2007)(coauthored with Shmuel Nitzan) has been published by Springer. Gil also edited together with Ira N. Gang a volume on Migration and Culture (2010) which was published by Emerald.

His current research interests include issues in Political Economy, Public Choice, Labor Economics, Migration and Public Policy.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15301

Migration and University Education: An Empirical (Macro) Link

Sule Akkoyunlu, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14937

Family Social Norms and Child Labor

Shirit Katav Herz, Gil S. Epstein

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12758

Immigrant Examination Behavior

Gil S. Epstein, Shahar Sansani

published in: Education Economics, 2019, 28 (2), 136–155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12368

Who Is in Favor of Immigration

Gil S. Epstein, Shirit Katav-Herz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12088

Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11371

Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

published as 'Minorities and Political Success' in: Economics Bulletin, 2018, 38 (1), 657-671

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11152

The Effect of Ideological Positions on Job Market Interaction

Anat Alexandron-Lavon, Gil S. Epstein, Renana Lindner Pomerantz

published as 'The effect of ideological positions on job market interaction: A spatial analysis' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, 145, 261 - 274

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11149

Inequality, Good Governance and Endemic Corruption

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2019, 26, 999 - 1017

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11148

Taxation, Social Protection, and Governance Decentralization

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published as 'Taxation and social protection under governance decentralisation' in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2019, 60, 101743

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9873

The Survival of Unique Corporate Cultures

Gil S. Epstein, Renana Lindner Pomerantz

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9762

The Formation of Networks in the Diaspora

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37 (7), 1136-1153

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8955

Mind the Gap: Crowd-Funding and the Role of Seed Money

Joseph Deutsch, Gil S. Epstein, Alon Nir

published in: Managerial and Decision Economics, 2017, 38 (1), 53 - 75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8737

Even Education and Experience Has Its Limits: Closing the Wage Gap

Gil S. Epstein, Dalit Gafni, Erez Siniver

published in: Journal of Economic Studies, 2015, 42, (5), 908 - 928

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8653

Making Aid Work: Governance and Decentralization

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: in Mak Arvin (ed.): Handbook on the Economics of Foreign Aid, Edward Elgar, 2015, 488 - 502

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8625

Ethnosizing Immigrants: A Theoretical Framework

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

published as 'Ethnic identity: a theoretical framework' in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2016, 4:9

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8378

Age at Immigration and High School Dropouts

Sarit Cohen Goldner, Gil S. Epstein

published in: IZA Journal of Migration, 2014, 3:19

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8004

Ethnic Goods and Immigrant Assimilation

Ilhom Abdulloev, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Peter Nijkamp, Jacques Poot & Jessie Bakens (eds) Economics on Cultural Diversity, 2015, Edward Elgar Pub: Cheltenham, UK, 52-77

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7751

Research and Teaching in Higher Education: Complements or Substitutes?

Gil S. Epstein, Joseph Menis

published in: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Science, 2013, 3 (11), 614-632.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7736

Politicians, Governed vs. Non-Governed Interest Groups and Rent Dissipation

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem

published in: Theory and Decision, 2014, 79, 133 -149

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7220

Minimum Wages and the Creation of Illegal Migration

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2013, 33 (1), 434-441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7032

Lotteries vs. All-Pay Auctions in Fair and Biased Contests

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem, Shmuel Nitzan

published in: Economics and Politics, 2013, 25(1), 48–60

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7031

The Efficacy and Efforts of Interest Groups in Post Elections Policy Formation

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem, Shmuel Nitzan

published in: Economics of Governance, 2013, 14(1), 77-105

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7023

Employer's Information and Promotion-Seeking Activities

Gil S. Epstein

published in: Economics and Business Letters, 2012, 1(4), 21-32

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6850

Migrants, Ethnicity and the Welfare State

Gil S. Epstein

published in: Korean Economic Review, 2012, 28 (2), 117-136.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6837

Frontier Issues of the Political Economy of Migration

Gil S. Epstein

published in: A. Constant and K. F. Zimmermann (eds): International Handbook on the Economics of Migration, Edward Elgar, 2013

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6831

Assimilation through Marriage

Gil S. Epstein, Renana Lindner Pomerantz

published in: Review of International Economics, 2013, 21(2), 191–203.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6796

Can an Ethnic Group Climb Up from the Bottom of the Ladder?

Gil S. Epstein, Erez Siniver

published in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32(3), 2414-2441

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5658

The Impact of Worker Effort on Public Sentiment Towards Temporary Migrants

Gil S. Epstein, Alessandra Venturini

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2011, 33, 239-261

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5641

Migration, Transfers and Child Labor

Ralitza Dimova, Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2015, 19 (3), 735-747.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5158

Political Culture and Discrimination in Contests

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem, Shmuel Nitzan

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (1-2), 88-93

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5123

Migration and Culture

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Epstein, Gil S. and Gang, Ira N. (eds.): Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald: 2010

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5059

A Political Economy of the Immigrant Assimilation: Internal Dynamics

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 325-339

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5051

Interactions between Local and Migrant Workers at the Workplace

Gil S. Epstein, Yosef Mealem

published in: Gil S. Epstein and Ira N. Gang (eds.), Migration and Culture, Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Vol. 8, Emerald Publishing, Bingley, 2010, 193-203

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4234

Network Formations among Immigrants and Natives

Gil S. Epstein, Odelia Heizler (Cohen)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4153

Why Pay Taxes When No One Else Does?

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Review of Development Economics, 2010, 14 (2), 374-385

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3591

Ethnicity, Assimilation and Harassment in the Labor Market

Gil S. Epstein, Ira N. Gang

published in: Research in Labor Economics, 29, 2009, 67-88

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3585