Dr Erez Yerushalmi

Applied Policy Analysis using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. A focus on:

• Development Economics
• Environmental Economics and Management
• Labour Economics
• Tax policy
• Health Economics

• 2013 PhD (Economics) University of Warwick, UK
• 2002 MSc (Applied Economics and Finance) Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
• 1999 BA (Economics and Political science) Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

• QME6018 Industrial Organisation: This course focuses on the strategic behaviour of firms, regulatory policy, antitrust policy and market competition.
• QME5005 Macroeconomics: The course deals with the economy at a national level. We discuss issues such as National Income, GDP, and employment, fiscal and monetary policy.

• Taxing Financial Services with Ben Lockwood
• Applied policy in Georgia (project completed and I’m now drafting academic working papers)
• Labour Economics (e.g., Cedefop’s skills supply and demand forecasts, UNESCO NET MED developing skills supply demand forecasting, LMI4All.)
• Health-related issues that affect human skills development: Anti-microbial Resistance (AMR), Malaria, and other.
• Water management

Research Funding

7/2019-12/2019: The cost of Physical Inactivity, A CGE Analysis (PI BCU)

7/2018 - 5/2019: The Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance in Canada, A Dynamic CGE Analysis (PI BCU)

02/2018 – 10/2018: KEEN BMF Project (Co-I)

11/2016 - 10/2018: Longitudinal study of Further Education Students, collecting and analyzing primary data

05/2015 - 4/2017: Labour Market Information (LMI) for All, econometric forecasting based on LFS/ASHE data

10/2015 - 12/2016: Private or Public Healthcare in Israel, using general equilibrium modelling, Co-I.

11/2014 - 12/2015: Georgia Knowledge Transfer, using general equilibrium modelling, PI

09/2014 - 01/2015: UNESCO NET-MED Youth, labor market assessments

02/2014 - 08/2014: Georgia further research, using general equilibrium modelling, PI

08/2014 - 01/2015: Estimating the economic costs of antimicrobial resistance using general equilibrium, Co-I

01/2013 - 09/2013: Policy analysis in Georgia, using general equilibrium modelling, PI

01/2013 - 12/2017: Cedefop Mid-Term Supply and Demand Forecast in Europe (see eg.)

11/2012 - 12/2012: Bedfordshire – skills forecasting in the local UK council.

01/2010 - 10/2012: Economic cost of Malaria using general equilibrium modelling, Co-I

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Lockwood,B., and Yerushalmi, E., 2019. How Should Payment Services Be Taxed? Social Choice and Welfare. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-019-01178-6

Yerushalmi, E., 2018. Using Water Allocation in Israel as a Proxy for Imputing the Value of Agricultural Amenities. Ecological Economics 149, 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.02.005

Subramaniam, T., Loganathan, N., Yerushalmi, E., Devadason, E.S., Majid, M., 2018. Determinants of Infant Mortality in Older ASEAN Economies. Social Indicators Research 136, 397–415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1526-8

Yerushalmi, E., Hunt, P.E., Hoorens, S., Sauboin, C., Smith, R.D., 2012. PIN82 The Macro-Economic Impact of Reducing Malaria: An Application of a Dynamic General Equilibrium Modelling to Ghana. Value in Health 15, A400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2012.08.1149

WORK IN PROGRESS (for academic publication)

Yerushalmi, E., Hunt, P., Hoorens, S., Sauboin, C, and Smith, R., 2016. The Potential Economic Benefits of a Malaria Vaccine for Children: A General Equilibrium Analysis Applied to Ghana.  [Submitting shortly].

Yerushalmi, E., Ziv, S., The Financing and Provision of Public and Private Healthcare in Israel: A General Equilibrium Assessment. [In Progress]

Yerushalmi, E., and Gorgodze O., How to harness risk optimally in developing countries? A financial general equilibrium model calibrated to the Georgian Economy, GIZ Working Paper. [Advanced manuscript]

Yerushalmi, E., Labadze L. and Galdava I., 2015. Optimal Investment: ‘You can’t always get what you want’, GIZ Working paper. [In Progress]

Hafner, M., et al., How Nocturia (frequent night-time visits to the bathroom) impacts well-being and productivity. [Early draft]

COMPLETED REPORTS, WORKING PAPERS, and CONSULTING PAPERS

Hafner, M., Pollard, J., Troxel, W.M., Yerushalmi, E., Fays, C., Whitmore, M., Van Stolk, C., 2019. How frequent night-time bathroom visits can negatively impact sleep, well-being and productivity (Report). RAND Corporation.

Warhurst, Christopher, Erez Yerushalmi, and Stefanie Poole. 2016. “VETrack : Longitudinal Study of Learners in Vocational Education, Wave 1 Report.” Report. Edge Foundation.

Yerushalmi, E., 2015. Impact Assessment of the Planned DCFTA Between the EU and Georgia: A CGE Analysis, GIZ Working Paper. [Confidential Paper for the Government of Georgia]

Wilson, R. A, Rachel Beaven, Erez Yerushalmi, and Ben Gardiner, 2014. An Assessment of the Feasibility and Usefulness of Developing Skills Forecasting in the NET MED Youth countries – Regional Situational Analysis Report. Report for UNESCO, Institute for Employment Research University of Warwick, 2015.

Taylor, J., Hafner, M., Yerushalmi, E., Smith, R., Bellasio, J., Vardavas, R., Bienkowska-Gibbs, T., Rubin, J., 2014. Estimating the economic costs of antimicrobial resistance. RAND Report. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR911.html

Javashvili, D., Yerushalmi, E., and Gorgodze O., 2014. To Do Better, Georgia Requires a Bigger Banking Sector: A General Equilibrium Approach, GIZ Working Paper.

Meagher, G.A., A.Wilson, R., Yerushalmi, E., 2014. Emerging Structural Pressures in European Labour Markets (Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Paper No. g-249). Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre, 2014.

Gerald A. Meagher, Rob A. Wilson, and Yerushalmi, E., 2013. How Does Wage Flexibility Affect Skill Mismatches in the UK? Interfacing a CGE Labour Market Module with the E3ME Multi-sector Macroeconomic Model. CEDEFOP Project on Forecasting Skill Supply and Demand in Europe 2020, Thessaloniki.

Wilson, Rob A., and Yerushalmi, E., 2012. Forecasting Skill Supply and Demand in Europe: Interfacing a CGE Labour Market Model for All Countries. Technical Paper. CEDEFOP Project on Forecasting Skill Supply and Demand in Europe 2020, Thessaloniki, December 2012.

Yerushalmi, E., 2012. Measuring the Administrative Water Allocation Mechanism and Agricultural Amenities. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS). University of Warwick, Department of Economics, 2012.

DeltaRail, 2006. South West Trains Franchise Bid: Revenue Forecast Model. Frachise Bid. London.

DeltaRail, 2006. “one”s Revenue Model. Project Report. London, Delta Rail (AEA Technology).

DeltaRail, 2006. The Value of the Economic Losses Caused by the Tesco Tunnel Collapse: Chiltern versus Tesco. Project Report. London.

Economic Models, 2005. The Demand Outlook for Natural Gas in Israel for Electricity Generation: An Optimization Model.Working Paper. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Economic Models, 2005. National Electricity Demand Forecast for Israel: An Analysis Using a Dynamic Multi-Sector Macroeconomic Model. Working Paper. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Economics Models, 2005. Israel Towards 2020: An Analysis Using a Dynamic Multi-Sector Macroeconomic General Equilibrium Model for Israel. Working Paper. Israel, Economic Models.

Economics Models, 2005. Where to Invest Efficiently? An Optimisation Model for Israel’s Electricity Company. Working Paper. Israel, Economic Models, 2005.

Economic Models, 2004. The Future of Israel’s Communication Sector: An Applied Forecasting Model. Working Paper. Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Kolnik Consulting, 2004. A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Shaar-Hagai Valley Bridge in Jerusalem. Ministry of Transportation. Working Paper. Israel, Kolnik Consulting, 2004.

Kolnik Consulting., 2004. A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Extending the Even Gvirol Road in Tel-Aviv. Ministry of Transportation. Working Paper. Jerusalem, Israel.

Kolnik Consulting., 2003. An Evaluation of the Taxi Market in Israel, Could Improvements Be Made? Working Paper. Jerusalem, Israel.

Yerushalmi, E., and Mordechai Yerushalmi., 2003. Who Is Expected to Win in Ashdod? An Election Pole Survey. Working Paper. Israel: Source Consulting, Israel.

Yerushalmi, E., 2002. Introducing a Water Market in Israel: A Computable General Equilibrium Policy Analysis. Final MSc. Thesis. Denmark: Copenhagen Business School.

Copenhagen Economics, 2001. The Economic Integration of the Øresund Region. Øresund Chamber of Commerce. Working Paper. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Copenhagen Economics, 2001. Do Bang & Olufsen Exhibit Market Power in Denmark. Danish Competition Authority. Working Paper. Copenhagen,Denmark.

Copenhagen Economics, 2001. Do Danish Power Plants Exert Market Power? Danish Competition Authority. Working Paper. Copenhagen,Denmark.

Copenhagen Economics, 2001. Skill Cluster Analysis in Denmark, A Mapping Using Quantitative Methods. Report. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lorentzen, J, and Yerushalmi, E., 2000. Which Students Should be Admitted? An Audit of Copenhagen Business School, Working Paper. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark.

NON-ACADEMIC WORK

Yerushalmi, M., Yerushalmi, E., Yerushalmi, Z., Yerushalmi, D., 2012. Buki the Flying Dog. Lulu.com, S.l. (Editor: Diane Yerushalmi)

Translation for Yerushalmi, M., 2007. From Baghdad to Jerusalem. Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd. (Editor: Diane Yerushalmi