Victor Lavy is the William Haber Chaired Professor of Economics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Chaired professor of Economics at Royal Holloway University of London. He is also a Board Member, Bureau for Research in the Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Research Fellow, Center for Economics and Policy Research (CEPR), Research Fellow, Center for Economics Performance (CEP), Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and a Research Fellow at the International Growth Centre (IGC).