Yinon Cohen received his B.A. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and his M,A and Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook. His research focuses on international migration, social stratification and labor markets. Current and recent research projects include patterns of self selection and earnings assimilation of immigrants in Israel, Germany, and the USA, the development of socioeconomic ethnic and gender gaps in Israel, rising income inequality in Israel, and the transformation of the Israeli Industrial Relations system. 

Recent Publications

Cohen, Yinon, and Yitchak Haberfeld.  2007.  “Self-Selection and Earning Assimilation:  Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and the US.” Demography 44: 649-668.

Cohen, Yinon, and Irena Kogan.   2007.  "Next year in Jerusalem … or in Cologne?  Labor Market Integration of Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Israel and Germany in the 1990s."  European Sociological Review 23: 155-168.

Cohen, Yinon, Yitchak Haberfeld, Tali Kristal, and Guy Mundlak. 2007. “The State of Organized Labor in Israel."  Journal of Labor Research 28: 255- 273.

Kristal, Tali, and Yinon Cohen. 2007.  “Decentralization of Collective Wage Agreements and Rising Wage Inequality In Israel.” Industrial Relations 46: 613-635.

Cohen, Yinon, Yitchak Haberfeld, and Tali Kristal.  2007. “Ethnicity and Mixed Ethnicity: Educational Gaps among Israeli-born Jews.”  Ethnic and Racial Studies 30: 896-917.