Tom Zohar

I am an Assistant Professor in Economics at CEMFI. I work on labor market inequality, with a special interest in intergenerational mobility and the relationship between fertility decisions and labor supply. I recieved my PhD in Economics from Stanford University in 2021.

Working Papers

Work in Progress

CV

Email

tom.zohar[at]cemfi[dot]es

Working Papers

Out of Labor and Into the Labor Force? The Role of Abortion Access, Social Stigma, and Financial Constraints

with Nina Brooks

Access to free abortion delays parenthood & increases career investment

How come? religious women do not need to consult family members for financial support, allowing them to have an abortion in private.

Quantifying the Role of Firms in Intergenerational Mobility (Submitted)

with Caue Dobbin

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

Access to better-paying firms are responsible for 15% of the intergenerational earnings elasticity.

Selected Work in Progress

The Role of Employment Status in Intergenerational Mobility

with Caue Dobbin

Common Intergenerational Elasticity Measures are Underestimated.

Incorporating the non-employment margin increase the intergenerational elasticity by 28%.

Estimating Individual Level Child-Penalties for Childcare Policy Evaluation

with Dmitry Arkhangelsky and Kazuharu Yanagimoto

Average Child-Penalty Bundles Heterogeneous Penalties and Composition of Age at First Birth.

Unpacking those allows us to estimate the effects of child-rearing policies on the distribution of child penalties and the choice of age of first birth

Job Flows and Racial Inequality

with Daniel Fernandez and Caue Dobbin

Labor Market Implications of Fixed-term Contract Duration Limits: Evidence from a Dutch Reform

with Hanna Wang

Prostitution and Employment

with Sevin Kaytan

Digital inclusion and employability improvement -- pilot project in Spain

with Miguel Almunia

Contact

Location

C. Casado del Alisal, 5 Madrid, Spain, 28014

Email

tom.zohar[at]cemfi[dot]es

Tom Zohar