Biography
Yinon Cohen is Yerushalmi Professor of Israeli and Jewish Studies in the Department of Sociology, Columbia University. He is a member of Columbia Center for Population Research and Columbia Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies.
His research focuses on international migration, social stratification and labor markets. His recent research has examined the causes for rising inequality in the US. He is also involved in research on Israeli society on issues of unionization, socioeconomic ethnic and gender gaps, rising inequality, changing immigration and emigration patterns, and the demography of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.
