Ameed Saabneh

Ameed Saabned is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Haifa. His research explores various aspects of social inequality and stratification, with a particular focus on disparities in health and housing. He has a special interest in studying Israeli society and the demographic dynamics of Israel.

The project

Title: Income segregation, spatial segregation, and income inequality in Israel, 1995-2022: Trends, relationships and mechanisms

"My research project focuses on the impact of spatial segregation on socio-economic inequalities. I am particularly interested in segregation between ethnic or racial groups and in how these territorial disparities generate other forms of inequality, especially socio-economic and health-related. My aim is to highlight the mechanisms through which spatial segregation translates into multiple inequalities. In particular, I examine the role of the labour market, the housing market and economic development policies, as well as access to healthcare and the geographical distribution of health services, which can transform spatial inequalities into health inequalities."

Hosting Institution: Sciences Po

Selective Bibliography

• Saabneh, Ameed. 2024. "Spatial and Ethno-National Health Inequalities: Health and Mortality Gaps between Palestinians and Jews in Israel." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 66(2):182-96.
• Tesfai, Rebbeca and Ameed Saabneh. 2023. "Country Context, Race and Wages: A Comparative Analysis of Ethiopian Immigrant Labour Market Integration in the United States and Israel." Population, Space and Place 29(6):e2684.
• Saabneh, Ameed. 2022. "Health Inequalities between Palestinians and Jews in Israel: The Role of Extreme Spatial Segregation." Population, Space and Place 28(5):e2539.
• Saabneh, Ameed and Rebbeca Tesfai. 2021. "Does Immigrant Selection Policy Matter? Labor Market Integration of Ethiopian Immigrants in Israel and the United States." Population Research and Policy Review 40(5):955-85.
• Saabneh, Ameed. 2019. "Displaced and Segregated: The Socio-Economic Status of the Second Generation of Internally Displaced Palestinians in Israel." Population Studies 73(1):19-35.
• Saabneh, Ameed. 2015. "Arab–Jewish Gap in Life Expectancy in Israel." European Journal of Public Health 26(3):433-38.