Nonna Kushnirovich, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration and Head of the Research Authority of the Ruppin Academic Center (Israel). She is also a Researcher at the Institute of Immigration and Social Integration. Her current research interests include ethnic economy, economics of immigration, labor migration, ethnic entrepreneurship. Nonna was Editor in Chief of the statistical Yearbook of Immigrants in Israel; she is a member of the editorial boards of three academic journals. Nonna was a member of the Advisory Committee to the Head of the Section in Charge of Foreign Workers Rights, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. She has substantial experience in research projects on immigrants and ethnic minorities.