Tom Zohar

I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at CEMFI, and a Research Affiliate at CESifo. I work on labor market inequality and it's relationship with workers' mobility. I am also interested in the role of social norms on fertility decisions and it's implications to labor supply. I received my PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2021.

Email

tom.zohar[at]cemfi[dot]es

Women's Autonomy and Abortion Decision-Making
(R&R at JPE)

Formerly known as `Out of Labor and Into the Labor Force? The Role of Abortion Access, Social Stigma, and Financial Constraints'

with Nina Brooks

Abortion funding policies enhance women's autonomy.

Why? women don't need to consult family for financial support, allowing them to have an abortion in private. This autonomy allows them to avoid early parenthood & marriage.

Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility
(R&R at AEJ:Applied)

with Caue Dobbin

CESifo Working Paper

Firm's wage premium are highly correlated with parental earnings.

Access to better-paying firms is responsible for 22% of the intergenerational earnings elasticity, half of which due to skill-based sorting.

Causal Analysis with Unit-Level Event Studies: Application to the Child Penalty

with Dmitry Arkhangelsky and Kazuharu Yanagimoto

R package (unitdid)

Why & how should we use unit-level event-study?

We provide a tool-kit to use these estimates as an outcome (e.g. policy-evaluation) allowing for flexible approach tailored ex-post to specific research questions and contexts.

The Role of Information and Contraceptive Use on Teen Pregnancy

with Sevin Kaytan and Stwarth Piedra Bonilla

What explain the large reduction in teen-birth?

Shift info source from parents to healthcare professionals in conservative districts, mitigate misinformation and risky behaviors.

Separations Revisited: Do Layoffs or Quits Drive Lower Separation Rates in High-Quality Firms?

with Daniel Fernandez and Caue Dobbin

Labor Market Consequences of Perinatal Depression

with Sonia Bhalotra, Meltem Daysal, Priyama Majumdar and Mircea Trandafir

Social Norms Implications of Prostitution, a Transitory or Absorbing State?

with Nina Buchmann and Sevin Kaytan

Children of Immigrants: Intergenerational Mobility Across Countries (Spain Team)

Coordinators: Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen, Alan Manning, Santiago Pérez

Tom Zohar

Working Papers

Work in Progress

CV

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Working Papers

Women's Autonomy and Abortion Decision-Making
(R&R at JPE)

Formerly known as `Out of Labor and Into the Labor Force? The Role of Abortion Access, Social Stigma, and Financial Constraints'

with Nina Brooks

Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility
(R&R at AEJ:Applied)

with Caue Dobbin

CESifo Working Paper

Causal Analysis with Unit-Level Event Studies: Application to the Child Penalty

with Dmitry Arkhangelsky and Kazuharu Yanagimoto

R package (unitdid)

The Role of Information and Contraceptive Use on Teen Pregnancy

with Sevin Kaytan and Stwarth Piedra Bonilla

Selected Work in Progress

Separations Revisited: Do Layoffs or Quits Drive Lower Separation Rates in High-Quality Firms?

with Daniel Fernandez and Caue Dobbin

Labor Market Consequences of Perinatal Depression

with Sonia Bhalotra, Meltem Daysal, Priyama Majumdar and Mircea Trandafir

Social Norms Implications of Prostitution, a Transitory or Absorbing State?

with Nina Buchmann and Sevin Kaytan

Children of Immigrants: Intergenerational Mobility Across Countries (Spain Team)

Coordinators: Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen, Alan Manning, Santiago Pérez

Spain team: Jaime Arellano-Bover and Javier Soria Espín

Policy Reports

Digital Inclusion and Employability Improvement -- pilot project in Spain

with Miguel Almunia

Contact

Location

Email

Tom Zohar

Tom Zohar

Working Papers

Work in Progress

CV

Email

Women's Autonomy and Abortion Decision-Making (R&R at JPE)

Formerly known as `Out of Labor and Into the Labor Force? The Role of Abortion Access, Social Stigma, and Financial Constraints'

with Nina Brooks

Abortion funding policies enhance women's autonomy.

Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility (R&R at AEJ:Applied)

with Caue Dobbin

CESifo Working Paper

Firm's wage premium are highly correlated with parental earnings.

Causal Analysis with Unit-Level Event Studies: Application to the Child Penalty

with Dmitry Arkhangelsky and Kazuharu Yanagimoto

R package (unitdid)

Why & how should we use unit-level event-study?

The Role of Information and Contraceptive Use on Teen Pregnancy

with Sevin Kaytan and Stwarth Piedra Bonilla

What explain the large reduction in teen-birth?

Separations Revisited: Do Layoffs or Quits Drive Lower Separation Rates in High-Quality Firms?

with Daniel Fernandez and Caue Dobbin

Labor Market Consequences of Perinatal Depression

with Sonia Bhalotra, Meltem Daysal, Priyama Majumdar and Mircea Trandafir

Social Norms Implications of Prostitution, a Transitory or Absorbing State?

with Nina Buchmann and Sevin Kaytan

Children of Immigrants: Intergenerational Mobility Across Countries (Spain Team)

Coordinators: Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome, Mathias Fjællegaard Jensen, Alan Manning, Santiago Pérez

Spain team: Jaime Arellano-Bover and Javier Soria Espín

Digital Inclusion and Employability Improvement -- pilot project in Spain

with Miguel Almunia

Location

Email

Tom Zohar

Women's Autonomy and Abortion Decision-Making
(R&R at JPE)

Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility
(R&R at AEJ:Applied)