Dana Shay
ResearcherDana is a researcher in the Taub Center Initiative on Early Childhood Development and Inequality. Dana is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University. Her work examines mechanisms of educational stratification in early childhood in Israel, on the basis of poverty and security threats. Her thesis looks at the influence of the child’s economic environment on later educational attainments. In addition to this, Dana is the editorial assistant for the journal Israeli Sociology.
Publications
- Early Childhood in Israel – Selected Research Findings, 2022
- Early Childhood in Israel – Data and Policy Implications
- Family income during early childhood and its effect on academic achievement
- Early Childhood Education and Care in Israel Compared to the OECD: Enrollment Rates, Employment Rates of Mothers, Quality Indices, and Future Achievement
- Educational Frameworks for Young Children and Academic Achievement in Israel
- Inequalities are created in early childhood: Early childhood poverty and future academic achievements
- Emerging Early Childhood Inequality: On the Relationship between Poverty, Stress, Sensory Stimulation, and Child Development and Achievements