About
Dr. Eve Colson-Sihra serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) program at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of Economics (2024-2025) and holds an Invited Researcher position at J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab), demonstrating active international academic engagement.
Her research integrates political economy, behavioral economics, and cultural studies to investigate how identity, status concerns, and cultural norms shape economic behavior. Utilizing consumption data and mixed-method approaches (reduced-form and structural modeling), she examines critical issues including inequality's impact on the poor, cross-cultural preference formation, and identity-driven consumption patterns. This work bridges theoretical economics with real-world applications in development and social policy.
Recent publications reveal a cohesive research trajectory analyzing identity economics through consumption lenses. The 2025 Journal of the European Economic Association paper investigates how inequality distorts poverty perceptions and needs assessment, while the Journal of Urban Economics-accepted work explores spatial and cultural transmission of tastes. Her foundational 2021 Journal of Political Economy article established food consumption as a robust identity indicator, influencing subsequent studies on aspirational goods and gendered consumption patterns.
Scientific Awards: No awards or fellowships are documented in the provided materials.
Dr. Colson-Sihra maintains active academic collaborations through visiting positions at Cambridge and J-PAL, though specific grant funding details are not disclosed. Her work-in-progress on religiosity, gender equality, and consumption stereotypes indicates ongoing research expansion into cultural determinants of economic behavior.
