Ayal Kimhi

PRESENTATIONS IN PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

1. The Relevance of the Extent of Farm Work to the Analysis of Off-Farm Labor Supply of Farmers. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, August 4-7, 1991, Manhattan, Kansas, U.S.A.

2. Optimal Timing of Transferring the Farm Operation from Father to Son. Presented at the annual meetings of the American Agricultural Economics Association. August 9-12, 1992, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

3. The Gender Earnings Gap: Some International Evidence (Discussion). Presented at the International Seminar of Economic Policy and Income Distribution, May 17-20, 1993, Israel.

4. Minimum Distance Estimation of Simultaneous Ordered Probit Models: A Case Study of Off-Farm Labor Supply of Married Farm Couples. With M-j. Lee. Presented at the European Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 22-26, 1993, Uppsala, Sweden.

5. Intergenerational Succession in Family Businesses. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association, January 3-5, 1994, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

6. Off-Farm Work of Farmers: The Effect of Household Composition. Presented at the 1994 Annual Meeting of the European Society for Population Economics, June 2-4, 1994, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

7. Differential Human Capital Investments and the Choice of Successor in Family Farms. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 6-9, 1995, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

8. Estimation of an Endogenous Switching Regression Model with Discrete Dependent Variables: Monte-Carlo Analysis and Empirical Application of Three Estimators. Presented at the 7th World Congress on the Econometric Society, August 22-29, 1995, Tokyo, Japan.

9. Off-Farm Work Participation of Israeli Farm Couples: The Importance of Farm Work Participation Status. Presented at the International Symposium "Perspectives on Rural Employment", October 11-14, 1995, Coaticook, Quebec, Canada.

10. Farmers' Exit Behavior in Canada and Israel. Presented at the Jerusalem Conference in Canadian Studies, May 12-14, 1996, Jerusalem, Israel.

11. Household Demand for Tobacco: Identifying Reasons for Non-Purchases. Presented at the Tenth Anniversary Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 13-15, June 1996, Uppsala, Sweden.

12. Off-Farm Work Decisions of Farmers over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Panel Data. Presented at the Sixth Biennial International Conference on Panel Data, 27-28 June, 1996, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

13. Retirement Planning and Succession Considerations of Maryland Farmers: Evidence from a Household Survey (with Ramon Lopez). Presented at the Eleventh Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 19-21 June 1997, Colchester, UK.

14. Off-Farm Work Decisions of Farmers over the Life Cycle: The Role of Heterogeneity and State Dependence (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics, 4-6 June 1998, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

15. Capital Accumulation and Work Status Decisions of Farmers: The Role of Heterogeneity and State Dependence (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Panel Data, 11-12 June 1998, Goteburg, Sweden.

16. Intergenerational Succession in Israeli Family Farms (with Noga Nachlieli). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 2-5 August 1998, Salt Lake City, U.S.A.

17. Intra-household Allocation of Food in Southern Ethiopia (with Nathan Sosner). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 16-17 October 1998, Yale University, New Haven, U.S.A.

18. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 8-9 October 1999, Harvard University, Boston, U.S.A.

19. Intra-Household Allocation of Food in Southern Ethiopia (with Nathan Sosner). Presented at the Conference on Opportunities in Africa, 9-10 April 2000, Oxford University, U.K.

20. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Seminar on Trends and New Directions in Economic Development in Subsaharan Africa, 17-18 May 2000, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

21. Off-Farm Work Participation of Israeli Farm Women: The Importance of Farm Work Participation Status. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, 1 June 2000, Jerusalem, Israel.

22. Intergenerational Succession in Israeli Farms (with Noga Nachlieli). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 15-18 June 2000, Bonn, Germany.

23. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 31-2 August 2000, Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.

24. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, 6-7 October 2000, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, U.S.A.

25. Supervision and Transaction Costs: Evidence from Bicol Rice Farms (with Robert E. Evenson and Sanjay DeSilva). Presented at the 2001 Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society, 4-7 January 2001, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.

26. The Effect of Family Composition on the Off-Farm Participation Decisions in Israeli Farm Households (with Eddie Seiler). Presented at the Second Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, 21-25 March 2001, Florence, Italy.

27. Off-Farm Employment and Farm Capital Investments: A Simultaneous Analysis (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Seventeenth Annual meeting of the Israel Economic Association, Kibbutz Shefayim, May 3, 2001.

28. Threshold Variation and Multivariate Ordered Discrete Response Models: Identification, Estimation, and Tests (with Myoung-jae Lee). Presented at the Seventeenth Annual meeting of the Israel Economic Association, Kibbutz Shefayim, May 3, 2001.

29. Off-Farm Employment and Farm Capital Investments: Analysis of Israeli Panel Data (with Avner Ahituv). Presented at the Seminar on Socio-Economic Research Using Panel Data, Tel Aviv University, May 7, 2001.

30. The Effect of Family Composition on the Off-Farm Participation Decisions in Israeli Farm Households (with Eddie Seiler). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 14-16 June 2001, Athens, Greece.

31. Wage Formation and Recurrent Unemployment: Discussion. Presented at Econometrics in Tel Aviv 2001 Conference, Tel Aviv University, June 18-24, 2001.

32. Pension Wealth and Intergenerational Transfers in Israeli Family Farms. Presented at the 21st Arne Ryde Symposium on Non-Human Wealth and Capital Accumulation, Lund University, August 23-25, 2001, Lund, Sweden.

33. Barriers for Development in Zambian Agriculture (with Dennis Chiwele). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-6, 2002, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.

34. Socio-Economic Determinants of Health and Physical Fitness in Southern Ethipia. Presented at the First International Conference on Economics and Human Biology, July 11-14, 2002, Tubingen, Germany.

35. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at "The Economics of Water and Agriculture" Workshop, December 18-20, 2002, Rehovot, Israel.

36. Socio-Economic Determinants of Health and Physical Fitness in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2003, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

37. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associaton, January 3-5, 2003, Washington, DC, U.S.A.

38. Family Composition and Farmers' Time Allocation. Presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 3, 2003, Kibbutz Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

39. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples' Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the Annual Meetings of the European Society for Population Economics, 13-15 June 2003, New York, USA.

40. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples' Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, 25-29 June 2003, Evanston, IL, USA.

41. Farm Work, Off-Farm Work, and Hired Farm Labor: Estimating a Discrete-Choice Model of French Farm Couples' Labor Decisions (with Catherine Benjamin). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 27-30 July 2003, Montreal, Canada.

42. Time Allocation between Farm and Off-Farm Activities in Israeli Farm Households (with Eliel Rapaport). Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Allied Social Science Associations, January 3-5, 2004, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

43. The Role of Agriculture in Rural Well-Being in Israel. Presented at the 78th Annual Conference of the Agricultural Economic Society, 2-4 April 2004, London, UK.

44. The Role of Agriculture in Rural Well-Being in Israel. Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 7, 2004, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

45. Gender Differences in Health and Nutrition in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the Immigration, Minorities and Social Exclusion Conference, June 27-28, 2004, Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

46. Growth, Inequality and Labor Markets in LDCs: A Survey. Presented at the CESifo Venice Summer Institute on "Dissecting Globalization", July 21-22, 2004, Venice International University, Italy.

47. Economic Transition in Rural Israel. Presented at the workshop on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Rural Development in Israel, December 14, 2004, Haifa University, Israel.

48. The Joint Dynamics of Off-Farm Employment and the Level of Farm Activity. With Avner Ahituv. Presented at the First Haifa-Humboldt Economics Conference, April 7-8, 2005, Haifa University, Israel.

49. Land Reform, Cropland Allocation Decisions, and Crop Yields in Georgia. With Iddo Kan. Presented at the International Workshop on Privatization, Liberalization and the Emergence of Private Farms in Former Soviet Countries, June 20-22, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.

50. Off-Farm Labor Supply in Rural Georgia. With Ofir Hoyman. Presented at the International Workshop on Privatization, Liberalization and the Emergence of Private Farms in Former Soviet Countries, June 20-22, 2005, Tbilisi, Georgia.

51. Economic Well-Being in Rural Communities: The Role of Agriculture. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, 24-27 July 2005, Providence, U.S.A.

52. Globalization, Growth and Inequality: A Labor Market Perspective. Presented at the COE/JEPA Joint International Conference “Towards a New Economic Paradigm: Declining Population Growth, Labor Market Transition and Economic Development under Globalization,” 17-18 December 2005, Awaji Island, Japan.

53. The Simultaneous Evolution of Farm Size and Specialization: Dynamic Panel Data Evidence from Israeli Farm Communities. With Hila Rekah. Presented at the 96th EAAE Seminar on Causes and Impacts of Agricultural Structures, 10-11 January 2006, Taenikon, Switzerland.

54. Income Inequality Decomposition: the Case of Georgia. Presented at the 23th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, May 30, 2007, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

55. Does Land Reform in Transition Countries Increase Child Labor? Evidence from the Republic of Georgia. Presented at the IZA Workshop on Child Labor in Developing Countries, June 7, 2007, Bonn, Germany.

56. The Incomes of Rural Households in Moshavim. Presented at the Workshop on Small Businesses and Entrepreneurship in Moshavim, July 18, 2007, Rehovot, Israel.

57. Does Rural Household Income Depend on Neighboring Communities? Evidence from Israel. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

58. Survival and Growth of Family Farms in Israel. With Yuval Dolev. Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A.

59. Assessing the Response of Farm Households to Dairy Policy Reform in Israel. With Ofir Rubin. Poster Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association, July 29 - August 1, 2007, Portland, OR, U.S.A. - won third place in the Outstanding Poster Presentation contest.

60. Regression-based Inequality Decomposition Revisited: The Case of Korean Farm Households. With Yuko Arayama and Jong-Moo Kim. Presented at the EEA-ESEM Congress, August 27-31, 2007, Budapest, Hungary.

61. On Specialization and Heterogeneity in Moshavim. Presented at the "Is There Another Economy?" Workshop, Center for Cooperative Studies, Yad Tabenkin, February 18, 2008, Ramat Efal, Israel.

62. Economic and Social Transformations in Moshavim. Presented at the "Transformations in the Rural Hemisphere in Israel" Workshop, Haihud Hahaklai, May 15, 2008, Ramat Efal, Israel.

63. Income Inequality within Agricultural Households in Korea. Presented at the Seventh Annual Conference of Asian Studies in Israel, May 21-22, 2008, Jerusalem, Israel.

64. Does Female Income Contribute to the Rise in Income Inequality among Israeli Households? Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 4, 2008, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

65. Entrepreneurship and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia. Presented at the UNU-WIDER Project Workshop on "Entrepreneurship and Economic Development", August 21-23, 2008, Helsinki, Finland.

66. Identifying Determinants of Income Inequality in the Presence of Multiple Income Sources: The Case of Korean Farm Households. With Yuko Arayama and Jong-Moo Kim. Poster Presented at the IARIW 30th General Conference, August 24–30, 2008, Portoroz, Slovenia.

67. Regression-Based Inequality Decomposition: A Critical Review and Application to Farm-Household Income Data. Presented at the 63rd European Meeting of the Econometric Society, August 27–31, 2008, Milan, Italy.

68. Male Income, Female Income, and Household Income Inequality in Israel: a Decomposition Analysis. Presented at the Conference on "Income Distribution and the Family", September 1-3, 2008, Kiel, Germany.

69. Heterogeneity, Specialization and Growth in Israeli Moshav Communities. With Hila Rekah. Presented at the International Seminar on "Pathways to Rural Economic Development in Transition Countries: The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives", 5-6 September 2008, Yerevan, Armenia.

70. The World Food Crisis: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the Agricultural Extension Service Workshop, 11 September 2008, Beit Dagan, Israel.

71. Pension Wealth and Intergenerational Transfers in Family Businesses. Presented at the IASK International Conference: Global Management 2008, Porto, Portugal, 13-15 October, 2008.

72. The World Food Crisis: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the "Nutrition Builds Future: Vision, Research and Implementation" Conference, 10 December 2008, Shefayim, Israel.

73. Fluctuations in Food Prices: Causes and Consequences. Presented at the "Fluctuations in Grain Prices and their Impact on Field-Crop Profitability in Israel" Workshop, 14 January 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

74. Food Prices in a Changing World. Presented at the "Israeli Agriculture and the World Economic Crisis" Workshop, 21 January 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

75. Israel's Technology Transfers to Developing Countries. Presented at the "Hungry for Change: Transcending feast, Famine and Frenzy" Conference, 4 February 2009, Edmonton, Canada.

76. Gender, Ethnic Minorities, and Rural Income Inequality: The Case of Israeli Arabs. Presented at the Mediterranean Research Meeting, 25-28 March 2009, Montecatini Terme, Italy.

77. Rural Non-Farm Employment and Income Inequality in Southern Ethiopia: The Gender Dimension. Presented at the FAO-IFAD-ILO Workshop on Gaps, Trends and Current Research in Gender Dimensions of Agricultural and Rural Employment: Differentiated Pathways Out of Poverty, 31 March - 2 April 2009, Rome, Italy.

78. Sources of the Food Price Crisis. Presented at the International Conference on "The Global Food Crisis: Meeting the Challenge." 5-6 May 2009, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

79. Income Inequality in Small Communities: Ethnic Minorities, Education and Fertility. Presented at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Israel Economic Association, June 1, 2009, Ma'ale Hachamisha, Israel.

80. Income Inequality within Moshav Cooperatives. With Tal Wolberg. Presented at the International Workshop "Rural Cooperation in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Past, Pathways to the Future," June 15-17, 2009, Rehovot, Israel.

81. Structural Changes in Israeli agriculture. Presented at the Agrexco Summer 2009 Conference, August 2, 2009, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

82. Does Non-Farm Income Increase Farm-Household Income Inequality? Evidence from Three Continents. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

83. Land Reform and Off-Farm Labor Income in the Republic of Georgia. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

84. Challenges to Agricultural Cooperatives in the Face of Globalization: the Case of Israeli Moshavim. Presented at the 27th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.

85. (What) Will We Eat Tomorrow. Presented at Tomorrow: The Israeli Presidential Conference, October 20-22, 2009, Jerusalem, Israel.

86. The Importance of Foreign Workers for Israeli Agriculture. Presented at the Agrexco4U Conference on Foreign Workers and the Water Crisis, December 24-26, 2009, Eilat, Israel.

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