Areas of Interest:

• Applied Microeconometrics
• Impact Evaluation Methods
• Labor Economics
• Economics of Education
• Urban and Regional Economics

Education:

• Ph.D., Economics, 2017, Middle East Technical University
• M.A., Economics, 2013, University of Southern California
• B.Sc., Mathematics, 2001, Middle East Technical University

• Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Researcher, 2018- to date
• State Planning Organization-Ministry of Development, Junior / Senior Economic Development Specialist, 2004-2018

Latest Publications:

• Towards the Achievement of Prioritised Sustainable Development Goals in OIC Countries: A Progress Report by SESRIC, (with D. Ishnazarov, M. Edema, and A. Karaman), Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), 2019
• A Socio-Economic Survey on the Syria Palestinian Refugees in the Republic of Turkey under the Syria Palestinian Employment and Entrepreneurship Development (SPEED) Project, (with S. T. Mahmud, F. Yilmaz, and A. Karaman), joint publication of Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC), Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group, and Turkish Red Crescent, 2019
• “Essays on Quasi-Experimental Studies in Labor Economics”, Ph.D. Thesis, Middle East Technical University, 2017