Merav Kaplan Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Jerusalem, Israel

The Chief Economist Division is accountable for conducting research, forecasting economic variables that influence the Israeli economy, formulating tax policy, managing international affairs, and fostering relationships with international institutions and other stakeholders on behalf of the Ministry of Finance.* Provide advice to the Chief Economist in professional matters.* Demonstrated a strong ability to lead collaborative efforts across diverse groups and stakeholders by managing interactions and collaborations within the department as well as with the various departments within the office, and other governmental and non-governmental partners. * Prepare professional materials for meetings, conferences and lectures.* Facilitate communication between the department's management and staff.* Coordinated the preparation and execution of the 2023-2024 state budget within the Chief Economist department, while collaborating with other departments and key stakeholders to develop and deliver growth and revenue projections, macro reviews, and analyze revenue measures.* Organized the 37th JEDG meeting (Joint Economic Development Group) – the annual economic policy dialogue between the US administration and Israel Ministry of Finance.*Led the strategic planning and execution of the working plan process for 2023 and 2024, aligning departmental objectives with broader economic goals. This involved setting key milestones, prioritizing initiatives, and ensuring alignment with the Ministry's long-term economic strategies. Effectively managed resources and timelines to ensure successful implementation and achievement of set targets

The Chief Economist Department* Led the development of a comprehensive regulatory roadmap for crypto-based digital assets in Israel through close collaboration with financial regulators, industry stakeholders, and counterparts from other countries.* Contributed to evidence-based policy formulation for the 2022 state budget through extensive data analyses and research reviews, with a focus on competition policy and pension policy.* Provided research support for the re-evaluation of legal gambling regulation in Israel as part of the National Lottery permit renewal process for 2022-2027.* Represented Israel in professional international forums (e.g. the OECD AIGO committee on AI regulation, The Global Government Forum and more).*Served as a member of the task force in the Chief Economist Department, which dealt with the economic response to the coronavirus crisis: Led cross-country comparative analysis of policy measures and fiscal packages in response to the pandemic; Conducted analyses of relationships between morbidity data, economic relief measures and the evolution of macroeconomic indicators over time.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

* Public Policy (M.A level): - Policy Analysis (Workshop, 2018-19, 2020-21 – Executive program)- Economics and Public Policy (2018)- The Governmental Budgeting Process (2019).* The PPE Program (B.A level): - Critical Reading in PPE Texts (2016-17, 2017-18)- Market, State, Morality: An Integrative Introduction (2016-17, 2017-18).* Philosophy (B.A level): - Intro to Ethics & Political Philosophy (2016-17)- Introduction to Epistemology (2016-17).o Marked papers, exercises, and exams, taught classes, developed the syllabus, created lesson planso Was included in the list of outstanding teachers (based on student surveys)

Israel

Placement at the Chief Economist Department, Ministry of Finance- Initiated research on pension policy. Final Research Paper: "Are parents in Israel saving too much for retirement? Comparative analysis of retirement replacement rates adjusted for household size".- Member of the task force in the Chief Economist Department, which dealt with the economic response to the coronavirus crisis: Led cross-country comparative analysis of policy measures and fiscal packages in response to the pandemic; Conducted analyses of relationships between morbidity data, economic relief measures and the evolution of macroeconomic indicators over time.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

Health Economics and Health Policy teamo Led research on the strategic preparedness of primary care for the 21st century's challenges (mixed-methods). o Was part of the research team that worked on building an econometric model for refining hospitals’ activity-based payments according to patient complexity, at the request of the Israeli MoH. o Delivered professional lectures to various bodies in the Israeli healthcare system, including the Ministry of Health and HMOs

Israel

Budgeting, Pricing and Planning Division (BP&P), Student Positiono Contributed to the formulation of a strategy aimed at addressing market distortions through the design of pricing-based incentives for insurers and suppliers in the Israeli healthcare systemo Participated in the formulation and implementation of a reform in the hospital price indexo Served as coordinator of the Prices Committee (Joint to the Ministries of Health and Finance)o Performed cost-analyzes to support prioritization processes of the Health Basket Committee

Master'S Degree, Public Policy Administration, 96.9 / 4.82

Graduated summa cum laude

Bachelor'S Degree, Ppe (Philosophy, Political Science And Economics)

Activities and Societies: o Editor-in-chief of the 4th issue of the PPE undergraduate journal (A member of the editorial board of the 3rd.