Class and Class Mobility
Yaish, M. and Kraus, V., (2020). "On Class and Life Earnings". Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 70. 100507. [pdf].
Andersen, R. and Yaish, M. (2018), ‘Preferences for the distribution of incomes in modern societies: The enduring influence of social class and economic context.’ Canadian Public Policy, 44 (2): 190-205. [pdf].
Yaish, M., (2015). “Equality of Opportunity.” In: James D. Wright (editor-in-chief), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 7. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 903-905. [pdf]
Yaish, M. and Andersen, R. (2012), ‘Explaining Cross-national Variation in Social Mobility: The Role of Economic and Political Context,’ Social Science Research, 41(3): 527-38 [pdf].
Yaish, M. and Talmud, I. (2006), ‘Social Stratification,’ in Ram U. and Berkovitch N. (eds.), In / Equality, Beer-Sheva: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, pp. 370-7 [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Yaish, M. (2004), ‘Opportunity, Little Change: Class Mobility in Israeli Society, 1974-1991,’ in Breen R. (ed.), Class Mobility in Europe, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp 315-44 [pdf]
Yaish, M. (2004), ‘Israel’s Class Structure’, Megamot,43 (2): 267-286 [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Yaish, M. (2004), Class Mobility Trends in Israeli Society, 1974-1991, Lewiston: Edwin Mellen Press. pp 316
Andersen, R. and Yaish, M. (2003), ‘Social Cleavages, Electoral Reform and Party Choice: Israel’s ‘Natural’ Experiment,’ Electoral Studies, 22 (3): 399-423 [pdf].
Yaish, M. (2003), ‘Class Ethnicity and Party in Israel,’ Israeli Sociology, 5 (2): 341-64 [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Yaish, M. (2002), ‘The Consequences of Immigration for Social Mobility: The Experience of Israel,’ European Sociological Review, 18 (4): 449-471. [pdf].
Yaish, M. (2001), ‘Class Structure in A Deeply Divided Society. Class and Ethnic Inequality in Israel, 1974-1991,’ British Journal of Sociology, 52 (3): 409-39. [pdf]
Yaish, M. (2000), ‘Old Debate New Evidence: Class Mobility Trends in Israeli Society, 1974-1991,’ European Sociological Review, Vol. 16 (2): 159-183. [pdf].
Goldthorpe, J.H. Yaish, M. and Kraus, V. (1997), ‘Class Mobility in Israeli Society: A Comparative Perspective’, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Vol. 15: 3-28. [pdf].
Reprinted in Semyonov, M. and Lewin-Epstein, N. (eds.) (2004), Stratification in Israel. Class Ethnicity and Gender, London: Transaction Publishers, pp. 119-142.
COVID-19 and Inequality
Kristal, T., Mundlak, G., Cohen Y., Haberfeld, Y., and Yaish, M. (forthcoming), “The Effects of Individual and Collective Labor Market Status on Employment and Earnings during the COVID-19 Crisis” Socio Economic Review.
Herzberg-Druker, Efrat, Kristal Tali, and Meir Yaish (2022). “Does the Pandemic Affect Inequality Within Families? The Case of Gender Division of Unpaid Work among Israeli Dual-Earner Couples.” Gender and Society. 36 (6): 895-921 [pdf].
Yaish, M., Mandel, H. and Kristal, T. (2021), “Has the economic lockdown following the COVID-19 pandemic changed the gender division of labor?” Gender and Society, 35 (2): 256-270. [pdf].
Herzberg-Druker, E., Yaish, M, and Kristal, T. (2021), “Work and Families in Times of Crisis: The Case of Israel in the Coronavirus Outbreak.” Israeli Sociology, 21 (2): 143-151. [pdf].
Mundlak, G., Kristal, T., Haberfeld, Y., Cohen Y., and Yaish, M. (2021), “Not all are equal: the consequences of employment relations for employment during the corona crisis” Israeli Sociology, 21 (2): 122-135. [pdf].
Kristal, T., and Yaish, M. (2020). “Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Level the Gender Inequality Curve? (It Doesn’t).” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 68. 100520. [pdf].
Educational Mobility
Birkelund, J.F., Karlson, K.B., and Yaish, M., (2022), "Life-Cycle Economic Returns to Educational Mobility in Denmark." Sociology, 56 (6): 1121-39. [pdf].
Hällsten, M. and Yaish, M., (2022), "Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Life Course Economic Trajectories in a Social Democratic Welfare State." European Sociological Review, 38 (4): 507-526. [pdf].
Yaish, M. Shiffer-Sebba, D. Gabay-Egozi, L. and Park, H. (2021), "Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Life Course Earnings in the USA." Social Forces, 100 (2): 765-793. [pdf].
Gabay-Egozi, L. and Yaish, M., (2021), "Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Israel: 1980s-2000s." British Journal of Sociology of Education, 42 (5-6): 752-774. [pdf].
Gabay-Egozi, L. and Yaish, M. (2019). "Intergenerational Educational Mobility and Life Course Earnings in Israel." Social Science Research, 83. 102302. [pdf].
Educational Stratification and Inequality
Gabay-Egozi, L. and Yaish, M. (forthcoming), "Intra- and Inter-Cohort Trends in Returns to Education in Israel", in E. Saar and P. Róbert (eds.), Handbook on Education and the Labour Market, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA.: Edward Elgar.
Barselai-Shaham, Y. and Yaish, M. (2024), "Who are the students of the technological colleges? Differentiation for practical engineering studies in Israel", The Economic Quarterly. [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Gabay-Egozi, L. and Yaish, M. (2021), "Short and long-term consequences of high-school tracks for earnings attainment in Israel." Acta Sociologica, 64 (3): 294-313 [pdf].
Blank, C. Shavit, Y. and Yaish, M. (2016), 'Tracking and Attainment in Israeli Secondary Education', in Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Jan Skopel, Moris Triventi and Sandra Buchholtz (eds.), Secondary Education Models and Social Inequality: An International Comparison, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA.: Edward Elgar, pp. 361-77. [pdf].
Reprinted: Blank, C. Shavit, Y. and Yaish, M. (2015), 'Tracking and Attainment in Israeli Secondary Education', in Dov Chernichovsky and Avi Weiss (eds.), State of the Nation Report 2015: Society, Economy and Policy in Israel, Jerusalem: Taub Centre, pp. 469-489 [English]; pp. 413-435 [Hebrew].
Barselai-Shaham, Y. and Yaish, M. (2015), ‘Academic institution and graduates employment opportunities,’ Israeli Sociology, 16 (2): 56-75[Hebrew]. [pdf].
Bar-Haim, E. Yaish, M. and Shavit, Y. (2008), ‘Up the Down Escalator: Expansion and Stratification in Education’ Israeli Sociology, 10(1): 61-79 [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Shavit, Y. Yaish, M. and Bar-Haim, E., (2007), ‘The Persistence of Persistent Inequality’, in Stefani Scherer, Reinhard Pollak, Gunnar Otte and Markus Gangl (eds.), From Origin to Destination. Trends and Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research, Campus: Frankfurt a. M. and New York. [pdf].
Katz-Gerro, T. and Yaish, M. (2003), ‘Higher Education: Is More Better? Gender Differences in Labour Market Returns to Tertiary Education in Israel,’ Oxford Review of Education, 30 (1): 571-592. [pdf].
Kraus, V. Shavit, Y. and Yaish, M. (1998), ‘Gender and Ethnic Differences in the Transition from School to Work in Israel,’ in Shavit Y. and Muller W. (eds.), From School to Work: A Comparative Study of Educational Qualifications and Occupational Destinations, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp 221-251 [pdf].
Educational Choice
Barselai-Shaham, Y. and Yaish, M., (2024), “Short-cycle Tertiary VET as a First Step to an Academic Degree: A stackable credentials pathway in Israel.” Journal of Vocational Education and Training. 76:1, 223-244 [pdf].
Perelman, Y., Yaish, M., and Bental, B. (2019). 'The Price of Religiosity: Enticing Young Haredi Men into Secular Academic Studies.' Rationality and Society, 31 (2): 129-151. [pdf].
Berebbi, A. and Yaish, M., (2019) "Parental perceptions about the rise in LD diagnosis and accommodations in Israel" in Shavit, P. and Gilor O. (eds), To be a parent to a child with disability: Family as an active agent for social change in community and society. Kfar Byalik: Ach Publishing House, pp. 293-326. [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Gabay-Egozi, L. Shavit, Y. and Yaish, M. (2015), ‘Gender Differences in Fields of Study: The Role of Significant Others and Rational Choice Motivations,’ European Sociological Review, 31 (3): 284-297. [pdf].
Gabay-Egozi, L. Shavit, Y., and Yaish, M. (2010), ‘Hedging Risk in Curricular Choice: A Test of a Rational Choice Model of Education’, European Sociological Review, 26(4): 447-63 [pdf].
Jackson, M. Erikson, R. Goldthorpe, J.H. and Yaish, M. (2007), ‘Primary and Secondary Effects in Class Differentials in Educational Attainment: the Transition to A-Level Courses in England and Wales,‘ Acta Sociologica, 50 (3): 211-229. [pdf].
Breen, R. and Yaish, M. (2006), ‘Testing the Breen-Goldthorpe Model of Educational Decision Making’, in Stephen L. Morgan, David B. Grusky, and Gary S. Fields (eds.), Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Sociology and Economics, Stanford: Stanford University Press, pp 232-58. [pdf].
Erikson, R., Goldthorpe, J.H., Jackson, M., Yaish, M., and D.R., Cox, (2005), ‘On class differentials in educational attainment‘, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, 102 (27): 9730-9733. [pdf].
Stratification and Inequality in Israel
Perelman, Y., Goldberg, H., and Yaish, M., (2024), “Why don’t ultra-Orthodox Jewish men go to work in Israel? A Social Cognitive Career approach to study the determinants of labor force participation of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in Israel,” Sociology of Religion: A Quarterly Review, 85 (4): 482-511. [pdf].
Federman, S. Sarid, A., and Yaish, M., (2023), “Intragenerational Mobility of the Top Earners in Israel before and after the 2008 Global Financial Crisis,” Advances in Life Course Research, 58. 100565 [pdf].
Yaish, M., and Gabay-Egozi, L. (2021), "Cumulative Disadvantage Dynamics for Palestinian Arabs in Israel's Economy." Sociology, 55 (5): 906-926. [pdf].
Yaish, M., and Gabay-Egozi, L. (2019), "Intra-cohort trends in ethnic Earnings Gaps in Israel." Socius, 5: 1-14. [pdf].
Yonay, P.Y. Yaish, M. and Kraus, V. (2015), ‘Religious Heterogeneity and Cultural Diffusion: The Impact of Christian Neighbors on Muslim and Druze Women's Participation in the Labor Force in Israel,’ Sociology, 49 (4): 660-678. [pdf].
Yaish, M. and Katz-Gerro, T. (2012), ‘Disentangling ‘Cultural Capital’: The Consequences of Parental Cultural Capital for Cultural Taste and Participation,’ European Sociological Review, 28 (2): 169-85. [pdf].
Raz, S. Yaish, M. and Katz-Gerro, T. (2012), ‘The Application of a New Measure of Status in the Israeli Context,’ Megamot, 48 (2): 366-88 [Hebrew]. [pdf].
Katz-Gerro, T. Raz, S. and Yaish, M. (2009), ‘How do Class, Status, Ethnicity, and Religiosity Shape Cultural Omnivorousness in Israel?’, Journal of Cultural Economics, 33(1): 1-17. [pdf].
Katz-Gerro, T. Raz, S. and Yaish, M. (2007),‘Class, Status, and Intergenerational Transmission of Musical Tastes in Israel,’ Poetics, 35 (2-3): 152-167. [pdf].
Altruism and the Holocausts
Kroneberg, C., Yaish, M., and Stocké, V. (2010), ‘Norms and Rationality in Electoral Participation and the Rescue of Jews in WWII: An Application of the Model of Frame Selection’, Rationality and Society, 22(1): 3-36. [pdf].
Varese, F. and Yaish, M. (2005), ‘Resolute Heroes: the Rescue of Jews during the Nazi Occupation of Europe. European Journal of Sociology (Archives Européennes de Sociologie), 46 (1): 153-68. [pdf].
Varese, F. and Yaish, M. (2000), ‘The Importance of Being Asked. The Rescue of Jews in Nazi Europe’, Rationality and Society, Vol. 12 (3): 307-334. [pdf].
Gender Inequality
Stier, H. and Yaish, M. (2014), ‘Occupational Segregation and Gender Inequality in Job Quality: A Multi-Level Approach,’ Work, Employment and Society, 28 (2): 225-46. [pdf].
Yaish, M. and Stier, H. (2009), ‘Gender Inequality in Job Authority: A Cross-National Comparison of 26 Countries,’ Work and Occupation, 36(4): 343-66. [pdf].
Stier, H. and Yaish. M. (2008), ‘The Determinants of Women’s Employment Dynamics: The Case of Israeli Women’, European Sociological Review, 24(3): 363-377. [pdf].
Yaish, M. and Kraus, V. (2003), ‘The Consequences of Economic Restructuring for the Gender Earnings Gap in Israel, 1972-1995’, Work Employment and Society, 17 (1): 5-28. [pdf].