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 ; Columbia Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies ; Columbia Middle East Institute; Columbia Sakip Sabanci Center for Turkish Studies.

Areas of research include social stratification, labor markets, rising income inequality, labor market discrimination, socioeconomic ethnic and gender gaps, industrial relations, International migration, selectivity and economic assimilation of immigrants, and Israeli society.