My Publications
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2026
Shilo, Y., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2026). Early Childhood Education Policy and Children Rights: Examining the Israeli Reform. Early Childhood Education Journal, 54(6), 4893-4906. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-026-02120-z
Krubiner, O., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2026). Choice and equity in education: the role of specialised schools. Educational Research, 68(1), 38-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131881.2025.2593257
Malki-Levy, S., Bendavid-Hadar, I., & Altman, C. (2026). Additional language learning policy for immigrant students: a comparative research. Language Policy, 25(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1007/S10993-025-09755-5
2025
Gilead, T., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Educational justice and formula funding: A complex adaptive systems perspective. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 57(12), 1078-1089. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2025.2494584
Malki-Levy, S., Altman, C., Shnitzer-Meirovich, S., & Ben-David Hadar, I. (2025). Impact of bilingual intervention on Arabic-Hebrew speaking children: investigation of the dynamics between SES and bilingualism. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 28(9), 1035-1055. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2025.2528967
Meoded, R., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Private funding in public education: which values underlie the decision-making process? Journal of educational administration and history. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2024.2446879
Dadon-Golan, Z., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Problem-Solving Skills of Israeli Higher Education Graduates in Tech-Rich Environments: An Analysis of PIAAC Data. European Journal of Education, 60(1), Article e12921. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12921
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Equity in education finance policy. In Handbook on Comparative Education (pp. 135-150). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781803927831.00022
Meoded, R., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Does Fiscal Decentralization in Education Funding Affect Equity? State and Local Government Review, 57(4), 310-329. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160323X251339424
Meoded, R., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Education policy in culturally diverse countries: the case of ultra-Orthodox schools in Israel. Research Papers in Education, 40(6), 895-914. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2025.2536105
Meoded, R., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). Fiscal decentralization of education: A social network analysis of values underlying local decision-making processes. International Journal of Educational Development, 119, Article 103444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2025.103444
Betser-Nahum, Y., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2025). The municipalities efficiency in Israel: The case of the provision of educational services. International Journal of Educational Development, 117, Article 103370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2025.103370
2024
Dadon-Golan, Z., BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Tsidkany, R. (2024). Unraveling the building blocks of success: exploring the nexus between school structure and effectiveness in Israeli primary schools. International Journal of Educational Management, 38(5), 1424-1443. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-12-2023-0602
Bendavid-Hadar, I. (2024). Globalisation and education policy issues: The right to education. In Fourth International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 373-389). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67667-3_20
2023
Shilo, Y., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2023). Processes of change in early childhood policy and legislation in Israel. Early Child Development and Care, 194(5-6), 669-684. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2023.2256999
2022
Unger Madar, M., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2022). Does Home Schooling Improve Creative Thinking and Social Competencies among Children? Home Schooling in Israel. Journal of School Choice, 16(1), 136-163. https://doi.org/10.1080/15582159.2021.1977584
2021
Even, U., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (Accepted/In press). Teachers’ perceptions of their school principal's leadership style and improvement in their students’ performance in specialized schools for students with conduct disorders. Management in Education, 39(1), 5-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/08920206211054654
Dadon-Golan, Z., Ziderman, A., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2021). Does university attendance impact students' political tolerance and open-mindedness: the atypical case of Israel? Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 13(4). https://doi.org/10.1108/jarhe-02-2020-0040
Bendavid-Hadar, I. (2021). The Right to Education. In Third International Handbook of Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 1045-1063). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66003-1_58
2020
Thapa, A., Panigrahi, J., & Bendavid-Hadar, I. (2020). Economics and finance of education: Review of developments, trends, and challenges. In A. W. Wiseman (Ed.), International Perspectives on Education and Society (pp. 71-88). (International Perspectives on Education and Society; Vol. 39). Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1479-367920200000039011
2019
Dadon-Golan, Z., BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Klein, J. (2019). Revisiting educational (in)equity: Measuring educational Gini coefficients for Israeli high schools during the years 2001–2011. International Journal of Educational Development, 70, Article 102091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102091
Dadon-Golan, Z., BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Klein, J. (2019). Equity in education: the Israeli case. International Journal of Educational Management, 33(7), 1670-1685. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-09-2018-0291
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2019). Higher Education for Refugees. In K. Arar, D. Haj-Yehia, D. Ross, & Y. Kondakci (Eds.), Migrants, Refugees and Global Challenges in Higher Education (pp. 23-40). (Equity in Higher Education Theory, Policy and Praxis; Vol. 11). Peter Lang. https://www.peterlang.com/document/1057430
Zahavi, M., BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Klein, J. (2019). Education and competencies within Belt and Road countries. International Journal of Educational Management, 33(6), 1411-1430. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-03-2019-0100
2018
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & May-Yazdi, O. (2018). The Relationships Between Income, Academic Education, and Financial Literacy: The Case of the Ultra-orthodox in Israel. Education and Society, 36(2), 49-76. https://doi.org/10.7459/es/36.2.05
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Hadad, Y. (2018). Financial Education and Equality. In I. BenDavid-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality, and Equity (pp. 281-295). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_14
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Internationalization of Higher Education: Student Mobility in Israel. In I. BenDavid-Hadar, J. Liu, & W. Song (Eds.), Belt and Road Higher Education Research: Student Mobility in the Belt and Road Countries (pp. 187-236). China Social Science Press.
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Koresh, M. (2018). Together or Apart: Equality of Educational Opportunity in the Light of the Secular-Ultra-Orthodox Cleavage in Israel. In I. BenDavid-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality, and Equity (pp. 243-260). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_12
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Future Directions of Student Mobility in B&R Countries. In I. BenDavid-Hadar, J. Liu, & W. Song (Eds.), Belt and Road Higher Education Research: Student Mobility in the Belt and Road Countries (pp. 265-270). China Social Science Press.
Dadon-Golan, Z., Ben David-Hadar, I., & Klein, J. (2018). Measuring (In) Equality in Education. In I. Ben David-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality and Equity (pp. 219-242). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_11
Zhavi, M., BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Klein, J. (2018). Choice and Efficiency in Education: New Perspective on the Tiebout Model. In I. BenDavid-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality and Equity (pp. 261-279). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_13
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Introduction. In I. BenDavid-Hadar, J. Liu, & W. Song (Eds.), Belt and Road Higher Education Research: Student Mobility in the Belt and Road Countries (pp. 5-17). China Social Science Press.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Conclusions and Directions for Future Research. In I. BenDavid-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality, and Equity (pp. 297-303). ( Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_15
Klein, J., Wolf, R., & Ben David-Hadar, I. (2018). Educational Earmarks in the Light of the Political Milieu in Israel.. Paper presented at ICES: The Integration Plan in Education: The first Fifty Years: Integration, exclusion and social change., Ra'anana, Israel.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Access to Higher Education: : A Comparative View of Israel and China. In J. Liu, B. M. Aosiman, & L. Li (Eds.), Belt & Road Higher Education Research: : A Comparative Report China Social Science Press.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Education Finance, Equality and Equity – Introduction. In I. Ben-David Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality, and Equity (pp. 1-15). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0_1
BenDavid-Hadar, I., Case, S., & Smith, R. (2018). School funding formulae: designed to create a learning society? Compare, 48(4), 553-570. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2017.1323625
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). Funding education: developing a method of allocation for improvement. International Journal of Educational Management, 32(1), 2-26. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-07-2016-0161
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Duani, S. (2018). From equitable funding to equality of educational opportunity: The Israeli case. Journal of Education Finance, 43(4), 360-380.
Klein, J., Attar, S., & Ben David-Hadar, I. (2018). Supplemental Resource Allocation and its Contribution to the Design of the Distribution of Educational Outcomes: The Case of Local Authorities in Israel.. Paper presented at ICES: the Integration Plan in Education: The first Fifty Years: Integration, exclusion and social change., Ra'anana, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2018). Economics, Education, and Society. Paper presented at China-Israel first Conference, Haifa, Israel.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2018). School Finance Policy and Justice. In I. BenDavid-Hadar (Ed.), Education Finance, Equality, and Equity (pp. 19-37). (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/978-3-319-90388-0_2
BenDavid-Hadar, I., Jin, LIU., & Song, W. (Eds.) (2018). Belt and Road Higher Education Research: Student Mobility in the Belt and Road Countries. China Social Science Press.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (Ed.) (2018). Education Finance, Equality, and Equity. (Education, Equity, Economy; Vol. 5). Springer,. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90388-0
2017
Hadar, I. (2017). Higher Education. Paper presented at B&R-HE., Hainan, China.
Gilead, T., & BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2017). Employing needs-based funding formulae – some unavoidable tradeoffs. International Journal of Educational Management, 31(7), 1092-1102. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-01-2017-0008
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2017). Human Rights Education: Refugees and Asylum Seekers' Right to Education. In Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (pp. 221-237). (Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research; Vol. 17). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0871-3_13
2016
Golan, Z. D., BebDavid, I., & Klein, J. (2016). Measuring Education Inequality- The Israeli Case. Paper presented at The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES).
Hadar, I. (2016). Higher Education Policy. Paper presented at B&R-HE, Hainan, China.
Hadar, I. (2016). School Funding Formulae – A comparative View. Paper presented at XVI World Congress of Comparative Education Societies WCCES, Begin, China.
Hadar, I. (2016). Access to HE-The Israeli Case. Paper presented at Higher Education and Narrowing the Gap.
Hadar, I., & Case, S. (2016). School Funding Formulae. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Academy Conference (NEFA), Jacksonville, Florida, United States.
Hadar, I. (2016). Access and Startification: A comparative View on the Israeli and Chinese HE. Paper presented at Belt and Road Higher Education B&R-HE, Hainan, China.
Hadar, I. (2016). Refugees and asylum seekers' right to education: A financial perspective.. Paper presented at Humboldt Colloquium.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2016). School finance policy and social justice. International Journal of Educational Development, 46, 166-174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.10.003
Hadar, I. (2016). Education Finance and Social Justice. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Hadar, I. (2016). Micro Levy for Education. Paper presented at Innovative Financing for Education: Arguments, Options and Implications, Budapest, Hungary.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2016). Education for all: The Israeli ultra-orthodox schools. Educational Practice and Theory, 38(2), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.7459/ept/38.2.03
2015
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2015). The Economics of MOOCs and Their Interrelationship to Competitiveness and Cohesiveness: The Case of Israel. Higher Education Review, 47(3), 75-92. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=eue&AN=110005827&authtype=sso&custid=s5903540&lang=he&site=eds-live&scope=site&authtype=ip,sso&custid=s5903540
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2015). Entitlement to education: Fairness analysis. In Second International Handbook on Globalisation, Education and Policy Research (pp. 421-439). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9493-0_24
Hadar, I., Case, S., & Smith, R. (2015). School Funding Formulae and Creating a Learning Society: A Comparative View. Paper presented at the Symposium on the Financing of Education, United Kingdom.
Ben-David, I. (2015). Conceptualizing’ a multifaceted approach to evaluate improvement in educational outcomes. Curriculum and Teaching, 30(1), 37-50. https://doi.org/10.7459/ct/30.1.04
Hadar, I. (2015). Affirmative Action. Paper presented at The Annual Israeli Social Conference - Sderot Conference, Sderot, Israel.
BenDavid - Hadar, I. (2015). An Analysis of Personal Financial Literacy among Educators. Journal of Financial Education, 41(1), 50-89. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24331039
Hadar, I. (2015). The right to education: Financial perspective. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), Washington DC, United States.
Hadar, I. (2015). Are we moving towards a Fair Global Society?. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Academy Conference (NEFA), St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
2014
Hadar, I., & Case, S. (2014). School Funding Formulae and Fairness: A Comparative View. Paper presented at The Symposium on the Financing of Education, The Oxford Union, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Hadar, I. (2014). Improvement-Based Resource Allocation and Educational Achievement Distribution. Paper presented at The Symposium on the Financing of Education, The Oxford Union, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Hadar, I. (2014). Affirmative Action. Paper presented at The Annual Eli Hurvitz Conference on Economy and Society (Formerly: The Caesarea Forum), Haifa, Israel.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2014). The State of Education Funding in Israel. Educational Considerations, 41(2), 43-45. Article 8. https://doi.org/10.4148/0146-9282.1072
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2014). Analyzing School Finance Policy: Beyond a Quantitative Approach. International Journal of Public Administration, 37(5), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2013.831101
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Iram, Y. (2014). Access to Higher Education: The Israeli Case. International higher education , 77(4), 27-28. https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.77.5686
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2014). Education, cognitive development, and poverty: Implications for school finance policy. Journal of Education Finance, 40(2), 131-155.
Klein, J., Golan, Z. D., & Ben-David, I. (2014). New indicators for the measurement of inequality in Israel. Paper presented at Israel Association for Comparative Education.
Hadar, I. (2014). Mind the Gap Israeli Periphery vs. Center. Paper presented at The Annual Israeli Social Conference - Sderot, Conference, Sderot, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2014). Supplemental Resource Allocation to Education: The Case of Israeli Local Authorities. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Conference (NEFC), Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
2013
Hadar, I. (2013). Redistribution Mechanisms and Theories of Social Justice. Paper presented at International Workshop of the International and Comparative Education Society, Israel., Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2013). State of the State: Israel. Annual National Education Finance. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Conference (NEFC), Indianapolis, Indiana, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2013). Competiveness, Cohesiveness, and Redistribution Mechanisms. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Conference (NEFC), Indianapolis, Indiana, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2013). Education, Poverty, and School Finance Policy. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Hadar, I. (2013). Education and Poverty: Implications for School Finance Policy. Paper presented at Annual National Education Finance Conference (NEFC), Indianapolis, Indiana, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2013). Affirmative Action in Education. Paper presented at The Annual Israeli Social Conference - Sderot, Conference, Sderot, Israel.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2013). Education in times of fiscal constraints and globalization. International Journal of Educational Management, 27(7), 762-774. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijem-02-2013-0019
בן דוד-הדר, א., & חובב, ח. (2013). זיקות הגומלין הבין דוריות בין חינוך לבין עוני ומשמעותן עבור מדיניות המימון של החינוך בישראל. עיונים במינהל ובארגון החינוך, 33, 261-281. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EY-4M7m-4uH9nEtBUen6PvdYX3d9D44M/view
Bendavid-Hadar, I., & Hadad, Y. (2013). Financial education for children: The Israeli case. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 12(1), 48-57. https://doi.org/10.2304/csee.2013.12.1.48
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2013). Is It Really Fair? A Critical Analysis of Israel's School Finance Policy. International Journal of Educational Administration: Challenges and Prospects , 5(1), 63-79. https://www.ripublication.com/ijeav1/ijeav5n1_07.pdf
Hadar, I. (2013). The Interrelationships amongst MOOCs' Accessibility, Competitiveness and Cohesiveness: The Case of Israel. Paper presented at International Workshop on Higher Education Reforms, Ljubljana, Slovakia.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2013). The Economics of MOOCs and its Interrelationship to Competitiveness and Cohesiveness: The Case of Israel. In The 10th International Workshop on Higher Education Reform (HER) https://www.pef.uni-lj.si/fileadmin/Datoteke/Mednarodna/conference/wher/after/bendavid.pdf
2012
Hadar, I. (2012). Education in democratic states in times of fiscal constraints and globalization.. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES), San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hadar, I. (2012). Israel's School Finance Policy: A Critical Analysis. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association (AERA), Vancouver, Canada.
BenDavid-Hadar, I. (2012). Educators' Perceptions on Performance Pay: The Economic Factors. Educational Practice and Theory, 34(2), 23-44. https://doi.org/10.7459/ept/34.2.03
Hadar, I. (2012). Israel Education Finance Policy. Paper presented at Yad Anadiv, Education Conference, Yad-Hanadiv, Jerusalem, Israel.
Hadar, I. (2012). School Finance Policy: The Israeli Case. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Israeli Economic Association, Jerusalem, Israel.
2011
מאיר, א., כץ, ח., חובב, ח., & בן דוד-הדר, א. (2011). איפה כדאי יותר לגור? מדיניות ציבורית, 8, 8-9. https://public-policy.huji.ac.il/sites/default/files/public-policy/files/8.pdf
BenDavid-Hadar, I., & Ziderman, A. (2011). A new model for equitable and efficient resource allocation to schools: The Israeli case. Education Economics, 19(4), 341-362. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645291003726467
2009
Hadar, I. (2009). School Resource Allocation in Israel: Is It Designed to Improve? Education and society, 27(1), 77-109.
בן דוד-הדר, א. (2009). מצוינות ושוויון בחינוך: רמת הישגים ופערים בהישגים בבתי הספר התיכוניים בישראל. מגמות: רבעון למדעי ההתנהגות, 46(3), 356-379. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/23660033
Hadar, I., & Paulino, A. (2009). Equity and Efficiency as Implemented in School Finance Policy. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, 1-17.
2008
Hadar, I. (2008). Inequality in education: Investigating the achievement gap in Israel. Education and society, 26(3), 87-101.