ד"ר אנדרו שיין

Name: Andrew Jay Schein                                            Date: 17/11/2025

CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Details

Home Address:  27 Nahal Sorek, Modiin, 7170734

Home Telephone Number: 08-970-9264

Office Telephone Number: 09-860-7769

Cellular Phone: 052-7014424

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

 

Higher Education

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies

Year of Degree	Degree	Institution	Period of Study
1985 1988	B.A. Rabbinic Ordination	Yeshiva University	9.1980 – 6.1988
1989 1993	M.Phil. Ph.D.	Stern School of Business, New York University	2.1985 – 5.1993

 

Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

 

Rank/Position	Institution and Department	Dates
Instructor	NYU: Stern School of Business: Economics Department	1989-1995
Adjunct Lecturer	Yeshiva University: Economics Department	1990-1992
Visiting assistant professor	Lehman College: Economics Department	Fall 1993
Visiting assistant professor	Trinity College: Economics Department	Spring and summer 1994
Lecturer	Netanya Academic College: Business School	1996 – 2007
Adjunct Senior Lecturer	Bar Ilan University: International MBA	*1999 – present
Adjunct Lecturer	Boston University: International Graduate Center	Summer 2000
Senior Lecturer	Netanya Academic College: Business School	*2007 – present
Adjunct Senior Lecturer	Hadassah Academic College: Economics and accounting department	*2015 – present
Guest Lecturer: Lectures in Tel Aviv to groups of GEMBA students. On the Israeli economy and the economy in the West Bank and Gaza.	CEIBS (China Europe International Business School): Global Executive MBA (GEMBA). In 2022, the Financial Times ranked the GEMBA program #2 in the world among MBA programs.	*2019 (Was scheduled for 2023 and 2024, but cancelled due to the war that began in October 2023.)
Adjunct Lecturer: Introduction to Macroeconomics	New York University in Tel Aviv	*2024

 

Note – throughout this document * denotes period post promotion to senior lecturer.

 

Offices in Academic Administration

*Teaching committee, Netanya Academic College, Health Administration Management School, 2016 to the present.

*Teaching committee, Netanya Academic College, Busines School and Banking and Capital Market School, 2022 to the present.

Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the Institution

*Membership in scholarly organizations: Economic History Association of Israel, and a fellow in the EuroMed Academy of Business.

Referee for the following journals:

Journal of Economics and Psychology, 2002.

*Journal of Institutional Economics, 2015, 2018 (2), 2019.

*Journal of Economic Issues, 2016.

*Journal of Law and Religion, 2016, 2018.

*British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2017.

*Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law, 2018.

*In 2019, refereed a grant proposal for Israel’s Ministry of Agriculture.

* Journal BDD, 2022, 2023.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participation in Scholarly Conferences

(Refereed) Conferences in Israel:

Discussant	Economics and Jewish law	Hebrew University	International Conference on Biblical Economics	June 2000	1
Speaker at the conference	NASDAQ or Nablus: Explanations for the recent fluctuations in the Israeli economy	Maaleh Hamisha	18th annual Israel Economic Association meetings	May 2002	2
Speaker at the conference	An international comparison of the economic growth in Palestine/ Israel, 1922-1998	Maaleh Hamisha	22nd annual Israel Economic Association meetings	May 2006	3
Speaker at the conference	Economic perspectives on dual career families Paper was co-authored with Nava Haruvi.	Maaleh Hamisha	24th annual Israel Economic Association meetings	*May 2008	4
Speaker at the conference	Estimates of Israel/ Palestine's per capita GDP from 1820-1950	Maaleh Hamisha	27th annual Israel Economic Association meetings	*June 2011	5
Speaker at the conference	The economic growth in the land of Israel in the last 100 years, 1913-2011	Hebrew University	Annual conference of the Economic History Association of Israel	*December 2013	6
Speaker at the conference	The economic consequences of war and conflict in the land of Israel/ Palestine: 1914-2013	Tel Aviv	30th annual Israel Economic Association meetings	*May 2014	7
Speaker at the conference	The economic crises in the land of Israel after the founding of the state, 1948-1952	Open University in Raanana	33rd annual Israel Economic Association meetings	*June 2017	8
Speaker at the conference	Was Israel a poor country when she was founded?	Tel Aviv	Economic History Association of Israel	*January 2019	9

 

(Refereed) Conferences outside of Israel:

Speaker at the pre-conference	Estimates of Palestine’s, Jordan’s, Lebanon’s and Syria’s per capita GDP from 1820-1950	Tokyo, Japan	Pre-conference to 15th World Economic History Congress	*May 2009	1
Speaker at a session of the conference	Estimates of Palestine’s, Jordan’s, Lebanon’s and Syria’s per capita GDP from 1820-1950	Utrecht, Netherlands	15th World Economic History Congress	*August 2009	2
Speaker at a session of the conference	The Middle East peace process and the Israeli shekel, 1999:2008	Salerno, Italy	2nd annual EuroMed Academy of Business conference	*October 2009	3
Speaker at a session of the conference	Working mothers in Israel Paper was co-authored with Nava Haruvi.	Melbourne, Australia	27th International Conference on Applied Psychology	*July 2010	4
Speaker at a session of the conference	Corporate social responsibility, organizational justice and job satisfaction: How do they interrelate, if at all? Paper was co-authored with Aharon Tziner, Yaki Bar, Gal Kadosh and Lior Oren.	Tacoma, USA	Academic Conference on Social Responsibility	*July 2011	5
Speaker at a session at the conference	The relationship between institutions and economic growth: A test case from four Mandate territories, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Trans-Jordan, 1918-1946/48	Stellenbosch, South Africa	16th World Economic History Congress	*July 2012	6
Speaker at a session of the conference	Social protests in Israel in 2011 and their effects on the Israeli economy	Montreux, Switzerland	5th annual EuroMed Academy of Business conference	*October 2012	7
Speaker at a session of the conference. Also chaired a session.	Are public private partnerships worthwhile?	Estoril, Portugal	6th annual EuroMed Academy of Business conference	*September 2013	8
Speaker at a session of the conference and chaired a session.	The economic consequences of war and conflict in the land of Israel/ Palestine: 1914-2013	University of Waikato, New Zealand	Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference	*February 2014	9
Speaker at a session of the conference	Older women, economic power and consumerism Paper was co-authored with Nava Haruvi.	Washington DC, USA	122nd Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association	*August 2014	10
Speaker at a session of the conference	The relationship between inclusive institutions, proximate causes of growth and economic growth: A case study of four Mandate territories, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Trans-Jordan, 1918-1946/48	Harvard University, USA	19th annual conference of The International Society for New Institutional Economics	*June 2015	11
Co-organized, spoke and was a discussant at a session of the conference.	Oranges, the gold standard, and the amazing economic growth in Palestine during the Great Depression, 1929-1933	Kyoto, Japan	17th World Economic History Congress	*August 2015	12
Speaker at a session of the conference	Older women, economic power and consumerism Paper was co-authored with Nava Haruvi.	Yokohama, Japan	31st International Congress of Psychology	*July 2016	13
Speaker and a discussant at a session.	The growth of foreign tourists to Israel and their impact on Israel's GDP	University of Warsaw, Poland	9th annual EuroMed Academy of Business conference	* September 2016	14
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	Taylorism and Amazon: Scientific management at the world's most successful retail company	Sapienza University of Rome, Italy	10th annual EuroMed Academy of Business conference	* September 2017	15
Speaker at a session of the conference	The development of the banking sector in the land of Israel/ Palestine from the 19th century up to WWII	Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation Nicosia, Cyprus	Economic transformation in Cyprus and the Levant, 1850-1939	* November 2017	16
Speaker at a session of the conference	Edmond de Rothschild’s investment in the land of Israel/ Palestine from 1882-1914 and the economic development of the land at the turn of the 20th century: A successful example of an unintended infant industry policy	University of Jyvaskyla, Finland	43rd annual Economic and Business History Conference	*May-June 2018	17
Speaker at a session at the conference	Female labor force participation in Israel	MIT, USA	18th World Economic History Congress	*August 2018	18
Speaker at a session and chair of two other sessions.	Israel's Subsidy of Foreign Airlines to Eilat: A Benefit or Cost to Israel's Economy?	University of Malta, Valletta, Malta	11th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2018	19
Speaker at a session of the conference	Israel’s decision to impose austerity policies in 1949	St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford	Uses of the Past in International Economic Relations	* May 2019	20
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	How worldwide was the Great Depression? Evidence from League of Nations trade data	San Francisco, USA	Western Economic Association International	* July 2019	21
Speaker at a session of the conference	Economic growth and new estimates of per capita GDP for four areas in Western Asia: Israel/ Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, for the years 1820-1913	Paris School of Economics, France	European Historical Economic Society	*August 2019	22
Speaker at one session, discussant at a different session and chair of a third session of the conference	The effect of the open skies agreement between Israel and the EU on Israel’s tourist industry	Thessaloniki, Greece	12th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2019	23
Speaker at one session and chair of another session of the conference	Do high-tech exits improve a country’s economy? The case of Israel	K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research, Mumbai, India	Conference of the EuroMed Academy of Business: Business Theories and Practices around the World	*February 2020	24
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	The economic impact of Covid-19 on Israel	On zoom	Western Economic Association International	* July 2021	25
Speaker at a session of the conference	The economic impact of Covid-19 on Israel	On zoom	14th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2021	26
Speaker at a session of the conference	Prior to Covid-19, did the world economy recover from the Great Recession of 2007-2009?	University of Utah, USA	47th annual Economic and Business History Conference	* May 2022	27
Speaker and discussant at a session of the conference	A comparison of the economic impact of Covid-19 on forty advanced economies, 2020 and 2021	University of Palermo, Italy	15th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2022	28
Speaker and discussant at a session in the conference	A worldwide comparison of the economic impact of Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021	San Diego, USA	Western Economic Association International	* July 2023	29
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	The Effect of Covid-19 on Israel’s Tourism Industry: Temporary or Permanent?	Vilnius University, Lithuania	16th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2023	30
Poster session	The Economic Growth in the World from 2007 to 2018: Secular Stagnation?	San Antonio, USA	ASSA 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association	* January 2024	31
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	The economic effects of the war between Israel and Hamas on the economies of Egypt, the West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza and Israel	University of Pisa, Italy	17th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2024	32
Speaker at the conference	The law of ona’a: A law that prices in the market must be just, a law against price discrimination, a law against price gouging or all three?	Villanova University, USA	Islamic and Jewish law in the modern economy	* May 2025	33
Poster session	Some benchmark estimates of Israel/ Palestine’s per capita GDP between year 1 and 1950	Lund University, Sweden	World Economic History Congress	* July 2025	34
Speaker and a discussant at a session of the conference	Intel and Israel: A successful case of industrial policy?	University of Porto, Portugal	18th annual EuroMed Academy of Business Conference	* September 2025	35
Speaker at a session of the conference	A suggestion how to measure the size and importance of a country's tourism sector and tourism's impact on GDP during the COVID-19 pandemic	Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain	53rd EBES (Eurasia Business and Economic Society) Conference	* October 2025	36
Speaker at a session of the conference	Has there been economic convergence in the world post-1973?	University of Adelaide, Australia	Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference	* February 2026 (forthcoming)	37

 

Organizer of sessions at conferences

Co-organized the session.

Crisis and growth in the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean during the interwar period

Kyoto, Japan

17th World Economic History Congress

*August 2015

 

Invited Lectures\ Colloquium Talks

 

Two presentations: 1. The growth of the Economy in the West Bank and Gaza, 1967 – to the present. 2. The growth of Israel’s economy 1948 to the present.	The Israeli and Palestinian economies	Bucknell University	*March 2013
Presentation: Israel’s Economy: Miracle in the Middle East- Historic Perspective.	Delegation from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province	Bar Ilan University	*May 2016
Presentation: Secrets of the Start-Up Nation	MBA students from CEIBS (China Europe International Business School)	Bar Ilan University	*December 2016; April 4, 25, 2017; December 12, 18, 2017; May 22, 29, 2018
Presentation on the economic growth in the land of Israel in the last hundred years, 1913-2016.	Bi-weekly seminar of the economics department	Ariel University	*December 28, 2017
Presentation on the development of the high-tech sector in Israel	January: Students from Fordham University. August: Chinese tourists	Netanya Academic College	*January 10, 2019; August 6, 2019
Lecture: Does the Torah support any one economic system?	General public	Chabad at University of Oxford	*May 9, 2019
Presentation on the book by Yehoshua Liebermann, Torah V’kemach: Economic insights into the Torah.	Faculty and general public	Netanya Academic College	*March 5, 2020
First presentation: The effects of the Yom Kippur War on the inflation rate in Israel. Second presentation: The jump in Israel’s inflation between 1976 and 1980.	Research group on the effects of the Yom Kippur War on Israeli society and the Israeli economy	Yad Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Institute	*February 22, 2023; *June 28, 2023

 

Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

Willensky Fellowship, 1993, NYU.

*Award for excellence in teaching, Netanya Academic College, for the academic years 2011/2012, 2013/2014, and 2015/2016. (These teaching awards only started in 2011/2012, and ended in 2016.)

 

Teaching

Number of Students	Degree	Type of Course	Course	Year
30-80	1st	Lecture/ Introduction course (Mandatory). Netanya Academic College	Introduction to Microeconomics	*1996- 2025
30-80	1st	Lecture/ Introduction course Netanya Academic College NYU in Tel Aviv	Introduction to Macroeconomics	*1996-2025
30-80	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Netanya Academic College	Theory of the consumer and the firm	*1996-2025
30-80	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Netanya Academic College	Macroeconomic systems and international economics	*1996-2025
20-30	2nd	Lecture/ Mandatory Bar Ilan University	Religion and economics	1999-2001
30-80	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Netanya Academic College	Economics of Israel	2000-2004, 2025
5-40	2nd	Lecture/ Introduction course (Mandatory) Bar Ilan University Netanya Academic College	Introduction to Economics	*2001- 2025
20-30	2nd	Lecture/ Mandatory Bar Ilan University	Economics of the Middle East	*2001- 2025
20-40	2nd	Lecture Netanya Academic College and Bar Ilan University	International economics	*2003 – 2021
40-100	2nd	Lecture/ Mandatory Netanya Academic College	Health Economics	*2015-2025
30-70	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Hadassah Academic College	Price theory I – Theory of the consumer	*2015–2025
30-70	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Hadassah Academic College	Price theory II – Theory of the firm	*2016-2025
50	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Hadassah Academic College	Game theory	*2019
50-100	1st	Lecture/ Mandatory Netanya Academic College	Health economics	*2019- 2020

 

Professional Experience

Economist- Market Analysis and Forecasting, for AT&T, Basking Ridge, NJ, 1995-1996.

*Worked as a consultant to M.M.M. Engineering Consulting, Or Yehuda, Israel, September 2009 to February 2012.

*Volunteer work: Treasurer for local synagogue in Modiin, Yakir Efrayim, 2004 to the present.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Ph.D. Dissertation

 

The Fair Price Hypothesis, 1993, 168 pages, English, New York University. Thesis advisors: Paul Wachtel, Lawrence White, and Tom Pugel.

 

Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

All citations listed below are from other scholars and not self-citations.

1. Schein, A. The Variances of Wholesale and Retail Prices: Tests of a Marshallian Hypothesis, Applied Economics, 1996, 28, pp. 585-93. Also appears in the working paper series of the economics department of New York University’s Stern School of Business, EC-95-15.  Google scholar: 6 citations. ResearchGate: 25 reads. Journal ranking: Economics and Econometrics 2023: Q2.

 

2. Schein, A. An Economic Analysis of the Obligation in Jewish Law for Price Controls, Dine Israel (Tel Aviv University Law School), 2001:20-21, pp. 31-47 (English section). 1 citation.

 

3. Schein, A. Concern for fair prices in the Israeli housing market, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2002, 23, pp. 213-230. Google scholar: 27 citations. ResearchGate: 61 reads. Journal ranking: Economics and Econometrics 2023, Q1.

 

4. Schein, A. Of biblical interest, brotherhood and charity, International Journal of Social Economics, 2003, 30, pp. 788-797. Google scholar: 10 citations. ResearchGate: 44 reads. Journal ranking: Social Sciences 2023, Q2.

 

5. Schein, A. NASDAQ or Nablus: Explanations for the recent fluctuations in the Israeli economy, Israel Affairs, 2003, 9:4, pp. 64-78. Google scholar: 3 citations. ResearchGate: 31 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023, Q1. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537120412331321533.

 

6. Schein, A. A biblical precedent for the Coase Theorem? Markets and Morality, 2004, 7:2, pp. 495-504. Google scholar: 2 citations. ResearchGate: 24 reads.

 

7. Schein, A. The vision of Deuteronomy 15 with regard to poverty, socialism, and capitalism, Markets and Morality, 2006, 9:2, pp. 251-259. Google scholar: 8 citations. ResearchGate: 265 reads.

 

8. Schein A. An international comparison of the economic growth in Palestine/ Israel, 1922-98, Middle Eastern Studies, 2007, 43:2, pp. 311-320. Google scholar: 7 citations. ResearchGate: 1300 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023: Q2.

 

9. Schein, A. Rabbinic intervention in the market for necessities, BDD, (Bekhol Derakhekha Daehu (Bar Ilan University), 2007, 18, pp. 53-65.

 

10. *Schein, A. Institutional reversals and economic growth: Palestine 1516-1948, Journal of Institutional Economics, 2012, 8:1, pp. 119-141. Google scholar: 9 citations. ResearchGate: 1482 reads. Journal ranking: Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2020: Q1. doi:10.1017/S1744137411000385

 

11. *Schein, A. Expectations for peace and the value of the Israeli shekel, 1999:2008, Israel Affairs, 2012, 18:2, pp. 219-233. ResearchGate: 39 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023: Q1.

 

12. *Schein, A. Growth in per capita GDP in the West Bank and Gaza from 1950-2005, Middle Eastern Studies, 2013, 49:6, pp. 973-989. Google scholar: 2 citations. ResearchGate: 741 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023: Q2.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263206.2013.838561

Also referred to in an article in The Wall Street Journal, 10.11.2023, https://www.wsj.com/articles/israeli-control-is-the-least-bad-option-in-gaza-middle-east-fa220185?mod=opinion_lead_pos9.

 

13. *Schein, A. Two suggestions to improve the outcomes of public private partnerships, Global Business and Economic Review, 2016, 18:3/4, pp. 297-309. Google scholar: 1 citation. ResearchGate: 145 reads. Journal ranking: Economics and Econometrics 2023: Q4.

 

14. *Schein, A. The relationship between inclusive institutions, proximate causes of growth and economic growth: A case study of four Mandate territories, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and Trans-Jordan, 1918-1946/48. Journal of Economic Issues, 2016, 50:1, pp. 95-120. Google scholar: 5 citations. ResearchGate: 79 reads.  Journal ranking: Business, Management and Accounting 2023, Q2.

 

15. *Schein, A. The economic consequences of wars in the land of Israel in the last hundred years, 1914-2014, Israel Affairs, 2017, 23:4, pp. 650-668. Google scholar: 7 citations. ResearchGate: 274 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023, Q1. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2017.1333731

 

16. *Schein A. and N. Haruvi, The relationship between the average workweek and per capita GDP, International Studies of Management & Organization, 2017, 47:4, pp. 311-323. Google scholar: 10 citations. ResearchGate: 2341 reads. Journal ranking: Business and International Management 2023, Q2.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00208825.2017.1382268

 

17. *Schein, A. The definition of the term hayyei nefesh in the Talmud and Halachah, BDD (Bekhol Derakhekha Daehu, Bar Ilan University), 2018, 33, pp. 7-18.

 

18. *Schein, A. Israel's foreign tourist industry: Potential growth and constraints, International Journal of Digital Culture and Electronic Tourism, 2018, 2:3, pp. 185-195. Research Gate journal impact = 0.29. ResearchGate: 3 reads. DOI: 10.1504/IJDCET.2017.10008976.

 

19. *Schein, A., Organizational ambidexterity, hard power management and smart power management at Amazon, a case study, Global Business and Economic Review, 2020, 22: 1/2, pp. 27-40. Google scholar: 4 citations. ResearchGate: 497 reads.  Journal ranking: Economics and Econometrics 2023, Q4.

 

20. *Schein, A., Female labor force participation in Israel, 1955-2017, Israel Affairs, 2020, 26:5, pp. 635-649. Google Scholar: 5 citations. ResearchGate: 139 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023, Q1. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2020.1806515

 

21. *Schein, A., Exceptions to the rule: Countries/ areas that had a growth in the value of their exports in the midst of the Great Depression, Essays in Economic & Business History, 2022, 40:44-63. ResearchGate: 54 reads. (Ranked as a '2' in the 2021 version of the UK’s Chartered Association of Business Schools’ Academic Journal Guide)

 

22. *Schein, A., The prohibition of buying and selling goods on chol ha-moed, davar ha-aved and opportunity costs, BDD (Bekhol Derakhekha Daehu, Bar Ilan University), 2023, Vol. 37, pp. 1-24. https://biupress.org/index.php/bdd/article/view/114

 

23. *Schein, A., The economic response of the Israeli government to a rapid influx of immigrants by the founding of the state, 1948-1953: Expansionary fiscal policy and rationing, Economic History of Developing Regions, 2024, 39:1, pp. 28-48. ResearchGate: 110 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023, Q1. https://doi.org/10.1080/20780389.2023.2220075

 

24. *Schein, A., The effect of the Gaza War on Israel’s economy: one year on, Israel Affairs, 2024, 30:5, pp. 925-938. Google Scholar: 1 citation. ResearchGate: 559 reads. Journal ranking: History 2023, Q1.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2024.2422157

 

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books (which are not Conference Proceedings)

1. *Schein, A. and N. Haruvi, Economic perspectives on dual career families, in Working families: Parents in the Labor Market in Israel, edited by Varda Muhlbauer and Liat Kulik, Rishon Le-Tzion: Peles, 2010, pp. 165-191. [Hebrew]

 

2. *Schein, A. and N. Haruvi, Older women, economic power and consumerism, in Women & Aging: An International, Intersectional Power Perspective, edited by Varda Muhlbauer, Joan C. Chrisler and Florence N. Denmark, New York: Springer, 2015, pp. 31-49. Google scholar: 4 citations. ResearchGate: 114 reads.

 

3. *Schein, A., Economic growth, management and smart power, in Redefining Management: Toward Smart Power and the Liberation of Human Potential at Work, edited by Varda Muhlbauer and Wes Harry, New York: Springer, 2017, pp. pp. 47-63. ResearchGate: 60 reads.

 

4. *Schein, A. Haredi women in Israel’s labor force from the founding of the state of Israel until 2019, in Beyond the partition: Ultra-Orthodox women, power and politics, edited by Varda Muhlbauer and Mina Tzemach, Rishon LeZion: Miskal – Yediot Ahronoth and Chemed Books, 2024, pp. 175-204.  [Hebrew].  The chapter was cited in Haaretz, February 14, 2024, Galleria section, p. 3.

 

Articles in Conference Proceedings

1. *Schein, A., The Middle East peace process and the Israeli shekel, 1999:2008. Proceedings of the 2^nd annual EuroMed conference in Salerno, October 2009, pp.1642-1650. ISBN: 978-9963-34-76-7.  https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-2-2009.pdf.

 

2. *Schein, A., Are public private partnerships worthwhile? Proceedings of the 6^th annual EuroMed conference in Estoril, September 2013, pp. 2071-2084. ISBN: 978-9963-711-16-1.  https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-6-2013.pdf.

 

3. *Schein, A., The growth of foreign tourists to Israel and their impact on Israel's GDP. Proceedings of the 9^th annual EuroMed conference in Warsaw, September 2016, pp. 1637-1648. ISBN: 978-9963-711-43-7. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-9-2016.pdf.

 

4. *Schein, A., Taylorism and Amazon: Scientific management at the world's most successful retail company. Proceedings of the 10^th annual EuroMed conference in Rome, September 2017, pp. 1629-1639. ISBN: 978-9963-711-56-7. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-10-2017.pdf. Google scholar: 13 citations.

 

5. *Schein, A., The economic impact of Covid-19 on Israel. Proceedings of the 14^th annual EuroMed conference, September 2021, pp. 653-666. ISBN: 978-9963-711-90-1. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/euromed2021-book-of-proceedings-2021-10-05-FINAL.pdf.

 

 

6. *Schein, A., The economic effects of the war between Israel and Hamas from October 2023 through April 2024 on the economies of Egypt, the West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza and Israel. Proceedings of the 17^th annual EuroMed conference, September 2024, pp. 510-520. ISBN 978-9925-628-01-8. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/euromed2024-book-of-proceedings-2024-10-22_compressed.pdf.

 

7. *Schein, A., Intel and Israel: A successful case of industrial policy? Proceedings of the 18^th annual EuroMed conference, September 2025, pp. 716-728. ISBN:  978-9925-628-05-6. https://emrbi2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/euromed2025-book-of-proceedings-2025-09-01.pdf.

 

Extended Abstracts in Conference Proceedings

1. *Schein, A. Social protests in Israel in 2011 and their effects on the Israeli economy. Proceedings of the 5^th annual EuroMed conference in Montreux, October 2012, pp. 1851-52. ISBN: 978-9963-711-07-9.  https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-5-2012.pdf.

 

2. *Schein, A. Israel’s Subsidy of Foreign Airlines to Eilat: A Boon or Cost to Israel’s Economy? Proceedings of the 11^th annual EuroMed conference in Valletta, September 2018, pp. 1710-1712. ISBN: 978-9963-711-67-3. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-11-2018.pdf.

 

3. *Schein, A. The effect of the open skies agreement between Israel and the EU on Israel’s tourist industry. Proceedings of the 12^th annual EuroMed conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2019, pp. 1841-1843. ISBN: 978-9963-711-81-9. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/EuroMed-12-2019.pdf.

 

4. *Schein, A. A comparison of the economic impact of Covid-19 on forty advanced economies, 2020 and 2021. Proceedings of the 15^th annual EuroMed conference in Palermo, Italy, September 2022, pp. 1388,1389. ISBN: 978-9963-711-96-3. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/euromed2022-book-of-proceedings-2022-10-02-FINAL.pdf.

 

5. *Schein, A. The effect of Covid-19 on Israel’s tourism industry: Temporary or permanent. Proceedings of the 16^th annual EuroMed conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 2023, pp. 1107,1108. ISBN: 978-9963-711-98-7. https://emrbi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/euromed2023-book-of-proceedings-2023-10-26_compressed.pdf

 

Book Reviews:

1. Schein, A., Economic Ideologies, in Reader’s Guide to Judaism, edited by Michael Terry, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000, pp. 156,157.

 

2. Schein, A., Review of the book: Temples, Tithes and Taxes, Markets and Morality, 10:2, Fall 2007, p. 418.

 

3. *Schein, A., Review of the book: Tight Fists or Open Hands? Wealth and Poverty in Old Testament Law, Markets and Morality, 13:2, Fall 2010, pp. 373-375.

 

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Research accomplishments and future plans

My dissertation was in the field of behavioral economics, but I have moved from that field to the field of economic history and more specifically to the study of the economic history in the land of Israel.  My goal is to write a comprehensive economic history of the land of Israel from the Ottoman period until the present. To the best of my knowledge, no such book or study exists. I have been working on this goal for the last twenty years.

I now have written papers on the Ottoman period, the Mandate period, the beginning years of the founding of the State of Israel and on the economy in the West Bank and Gaza from 1950 to 2005.  I also have several papers on current issues in the economy of Israel, as for example my latest paper on the effects of the war in Gaza on Israel’s economy.  In addition, I gave several presentations in Yad Yitzhak Ben Zvi Institute on the Israeli economy in the 1970s, and I have taught classes in the IMBA program in Bar Ilan University and Netanya Academic College on the economic history of the land of Israel.  I am now working on filling in the “blanks,” the economy in Israel in the 1960s and 1980s, as well as estimating new benchmark per capita GDP estimates in the Maddison framework for the land of Israel from the Byzantium period through the founding of the State of Israel.

One important aspect of the study of the long-term economic history of the land of Israel is that one also studies one of the most important topics in economics, long-term economic growth.  My goal has always been to see what one can learn about economic growth in general from the study of the economy in the land of Israel.  Within this endeavor, two of my papers add to the literature on the relationship between institutions and economic growth, for which Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson just received the Noble Prize in economics.  In my future work on the Israeli economy, I will continue to incorporate their concepts of inclusive and exclusive institutions in my analysis of the economic growth in Israel.

In addition to studying the economic history of the land of Israel, I have always been intrigued by the relationship between economics and Judaism.  In the beginning of my career, I focused more on this issue, but it is a topic which I plan to return to every now and then. I envision that my seven papers on this topic will form the basis for a book on economics and Judaism.

Finally, in the last few years I have started to research and write about issues relating to labor economics. In some cases, these issues also relate to Israel’s economy. For example, in 2021/22, I wrote a chapter in a book on Haredi women working in Israel, and the book was published in January 2024.

Teaching Statement

I enjoy teaching and my goal in teaching is for the students to enjoy learning economics and to look forward to coming to class.  My teaching method is to encourage questions by asking the students if they understand the material and I tell them repeatedly to ask questions if something is not clear.  I also use quirky examples that students can relate to. For example, in some classes, I make questions on tests and examples based on characters in popular TV shows and movies.  At times, this is a challenge to find new “characters” for exam questions.  In addition, I enjoy studying economic history and try to insert historical points in my lectures that relate to the subject being discussed to make the material more interesting.  Occasionally when students ask questions about these historical points, it leads me to think how I can present my research in economic history in a more lucid manner.

I work very hard on the PowerPoint presentations to make them as clear as possible.  Many times, I see from student questions, either during the class or afterwards or even during exams that they did not fully grasp the point I was trying to teach, and this leads me to think about how to present the material better in the next class or in the following year and to update the PowerPoint presentations, which I do before each semester and also during the semester.  I also regularly update the PowerPoint files with new data that is relevant for the particular class, as for example in macroeconomic classes, the latest GDP and inflation data.  Accordingly, I never upload the previous year’s PowerPoint files on the Moodle system for a new class, but I upload the files from my computer which I revised and reviewed.  This process keeps the classes fresh even if I have taught a class many times.