Professor Yona Rubinstein

Professor of Managerial Economics and Strategy

Managerial Economics and Strategy Faculty Group

Biography

Previous appointments:

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University
Senior Lecturer, the Eitan Berglas School of Economics
Lecturer, the Eitan Berglas School of Economics
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Post-Doctoral fellow, Department of Economics, University of Chicago

Research interests

The formation of human capital
Earnings inequality and the gender gaps in labour market outcomes
Evaluation of social programmes
The formation of trade partners
Trade flows and the evaluation of trade barriers
The economics of fear and peoples' response to terrorism

Publications

Successful entrepreneurs are often those who engage in more aggressive, illicit and risky activities whilst in their teens
Levine, Ross and Rubinstein, Yona (2014) Successful entrepreneurs are often those who engage in more aggressive, illicit and risky activities whilst in their teens. LSE American Politics and Policy (07 Jan 2014) Blog Entry.
Pride and prejudice: using ethnic-sounding names and inter-ethnic marriages to identify labor market discrimination
Rubinstein, Yona and Brenner, D. (2014) Pride and prejudice: using ethnic-sounding names and inter-ethnic marriages to identify labor market discrimination. Review of Economic Studies, 81 (1). pp. 389-425. ISSN 0034-6527
Bank deregulation and racial inequality in America
Levine, Ross, Levkov, Alexey and Rubinstein, Yona (2013) Bank deregulation and racial inequality in America. Critical Finance Review, 3 (1). pp. 1-48. ISSN 2164-5744
Pride and prejudice: using ethnic-sounding names and inter-ethnic marriages to identify labor market discrimination
Brenner, Dror and Rubinstein, Yona (2012) Pride and prejudice: using ethnic-sounding names and inter-ethnic marriages to identify labor market discrimination. CEP Discussion Papers, CEPDP1180. Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Estimating trade flows: trading partners and trading volumes
Helpman, Elhanan, Melitz, Marc J. and Rubinstein, Yona (2008) Estimating trade flows: trading partners and trading volumes. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 123 (2). pp. 441-487. ISSN 0033-5533

Complete list of publications

Yona Rubinstein

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