Publications

Mayshar, Joram, Omer Moav, and Luigi Pascali, (2022) “The Origin of the State: Productivity or Appropriability?” Journal of Political Economy, 130, 1091–1144
Mayshar, Joram, Omer Moav, and Zvika Neeman (2017) “Geography, Transparency and Institutions” American Political Science Review, 111, 622-636
Gould, Eric and Omer Moav (2016) “Does high inequality attract high skilled immigrants?” The Economic Journal, 126, 1055 -1091
Gould, Eric, Omer Moav and Avi Simhon, (2012), “Lifestyles of the Rich and Polygynous in Cote d'Ivoire", Economics Letters, 115, 404-407
Moav, Omer and Zvika Neeman, (2012) “Saving Rates and Poverty: The Role of Conspicuous Consumption and Human Capital”, The Economic Journal, 122, 933-956. (presentation); A post in The ISET Economist published by Georgia Today
Moav, Omer and Zvika Neeman (2010) "The Quality of Information and Incentives for Effort", The Journal of Industrial Economics, 58, 642 – 660
Moav, Omer and Zvika Neeman (2010) "Status and Poverty" Journal of the European Economic Association, 8, 413-420.
Galor, Oded, Omer Moav and Dietrich Vollrath (2009) “Land Inequality and the Emergence of Human Capital Promoting Institutions” Review of Economic Studies, 76, 143–179. (Presentation). This paper is addressed by ISET ECONOMIST
Aiyar, Shekhar, Carl-Johan Dalgaard and Omer Moav, (2008) "Technological Progress and Regress in Pre-industrial Times" Journal of Economic Growth, 13, 125-144
Gould, Eric, Omer Moav and Avi Simhon, (2008) “The Mystery of Monogamy” American Economic Review 98, 333–357. (Presentation)
Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2006) “Das Human-Kapital: A Theory of the Demise of the Class Structure”, Review of Economic Studies 73, 85–117
Moav, Omer (2005) “Cheap Children and the Persistence of Poverty” The Economic Journal 115, 88-110. (Item in Project syndicate)
Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2004) “From Physical to Human Capital: Inequality in the Process of Development” Review of Economic Studies 71, 1001-1026.
Maoz, Yishay and Omer Moav (2004) “Social Stratification, Capital-Skill Complementarity and the Non-Monotonic Evolution of the Education Premium”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 8, 295-309. (Lead article).
Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2002) “Natural Selection and the Origin of Economic Growth”, Quarterly Journal of Economics 117, 1133-1191. (Lead article). This paper is addressed by: Discussion by Joel Mokyr, AEA 2002, Evolving Economics, 2011, Discussion by Robert Aumann, 2010 (video), Emerging Research Fronts, Web of Science, 2006, Gene Expression, 2007, Science Daily, 2002, Gene Expression, 2011, David Warsh, The Growth Economics Blog
Moav, Omer (2002) “Income Distribution and Macroeconomics: The Persistence of Inequality in a Convex Technology Framework,” Economics Letters 75, 187– 192.
Gould, Eric, Omer Moav and Bruce Weinberg (2002) “Skill Obsolescence and Wage Inequality Within Education Groups”. In The Economics of Skill Obsolescence, in Research in Labor Economics, Solomon Polachek (series ed.), A. Grip, J. Loo, and K. Mayhew (eds.), 21, 215-234.
Gould, Eric, Omer Moav and Bruce Weinberg (2001) “Precautionary Demand for Education, Inequality and Technological Progress”, Journal of Economic Growth 6, 285-316.
Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2001) “Evolution and Growth”, European Economic Review 45, 718-729
Galor, Oded and Omer Moav (2000) “Ability Biased Technological Transition, Wage Inequality and Economic Growth,” Quarterly Journal of Economics 115, 469-497 Reprinted in: “Recent Developments in Growth Theory,” D. Acemoglu ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2004.
Maoz, Yishay and Omer Moav (1999) “Intergenerational Mobility and the Process of Development,” The Economic Journal 109, 677-697.

Refereed publications in Hebrew

Gould, Eric and Omer Moav (2007) "The Brain Drain from Israel", The Economic Quarterly (Hebrew) 46-69. Translated to English and reprinted: “Israel's Brain Drain” Israel Economic Review 5, 1-¬22.
Moav, Omer (1996) “The Kibbutz Dining Room - A Model for Privatization” The Economic Quarterly (Hebrew) 33-44.

Other Publications

Moav, Omer, Book Review of The Human Journey (Hebrew), by Oded Galor and Ori Katz, Hshiloach, (Hebrew) 20, 2020.

Moav, Omer, Book Review of Economic Tales (Hebrew), by Ariel Rubinstein, Tchelet, (Hebrew) 39, Spring 2010. Reprinted in Azure, (English) 42, Autumn 2010.
Moav Omer, "Brain Drain, Scientific Achievements, and the Wage Structure in the Universities", a lecture in the conference The Government Budget: Implications Upon the Higher Education System in Israel, The Economic Quarterly (Hebrew), 56, 21-27
Moav, Omer and Ofer Cohen (2008), "Who Needs Job Security?", Tchelet, (Hebrew) Spring 2008, 53-72. Reprinted in Azure, (English) Autumn 2008.
Moav, Omer (2007), comment on: "The Effect of Information and Communication Technologies on Urban Structure" by Yannis M. Ioannides, Henry G. Overman, Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, and Kurt Schmidheiny, Economic Policy 23, 232 – 234.
Moav Omer (2007), Printed Lecture from the Conference "The Universities (in Israel): an Organizational Economic Crises and Brain Drain", The Economic Quarterly (Hebrew), 150-153. Translated to English and reprinted in Israel Economic Review
Moav, Omer (2007) comment on: "Does School Tracking Affect Equality of Opportunity? New International Evidence" by Giorgio Brunello and Daniele Checchi, Economic Policy, 52, 781-861.
Moav, Omer (2007), Book Review of Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner, Tchelet, (Hebrew) Winter 2007, 26, 148-152.
Moav, Omer (2006) comment on: "Valuating Ecosystem Services as Productive Inputs" by Edward Barbier, Economic Policy, 22 (49), 177-229.
Moav, Omer (2006), Introduction to the Hebrew edition of Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to the Economy by Thomas Sowell, Shalem Press.
Moav, Omer and Hadas Gabay (2005) “How to Solve the Problem of Labor Strikes”, Tchelet, (Hebrew) November 2005, 22, 74-90.
Ahituv, Avner and Omer Moav (2003), “Fertility Clubs and Economic Growth”. In Inequality and Growth: Theory and Policy Implications, Theo Eicher and Stephen Turnovsky eds., Cambridge: MIT Press, 61-87.

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