Asena Caner

Asena Caner

Professor, TOBB-University of Economics and Technology

Asena Caner is a full Professor, TOBB-University of Economics and Technology (TOBB-ETU), Ankara. Her research focuses on topics related to Applied Microeconomics (Development, Labor, and Health Economics) and Applied Microeconometrics. She received her Ph.D in Economics, New York University, NY. She is an ERF research fellow.

Areas of Interest:

  • Applied Microeconomics (Development, Labor, and Health Economics)
  • Applied Microeconometrics

Education:

  • Ph.D in Economics, New York University, NY. January 2003
  • Master of Arts in Economics, New York University, NY. September 2000
  • Master of Arts in Economics (Minor in Statistics), North Carolina State University (NCSU). Summer 1996
  • Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. June 1992
Experience:
  • Full Professor, TOBB-University of Economics and Technology (TOBB-ETU), Ankara, September 2015-. Teaching Development Economics, Microeconometrics, Intermediate Microeconomics. 
  • Visiting researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark. 2017-2018 Academic year
  • Associate Professor, TOBB-University of Economics and Technology (TOBB-ETU), Ankara, September 2009-. Teaching Microeconomic Theory, Statistics, Development Economics, Graduate level Statistics

Latest Publications:

  • Caner, Asena and Peder J. Pedersen, "Does income distribution among immigrants adapt to host country? Immigrants from Turkey in Germany and Denmark", forthcoming in the Journal of Income Distribution.  
  • Asena Caner, Yenal Can Yiğit. “Relative Deprivation and its Association with Health Indicators: Lower Inequality May Not Improve Health”, Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, Volume 7, April 2019, 00381.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100381
  • Ozan Ekşi, Asena Caner, Ünay Tamgaç. “Relative Deprivation and Life Satisfaction among Europeans: Keeping Up with Others”, Boğaziçi Journal: Review of Social, Economic and Administrative Studies, Vol. 32, no. 2 (2018), pp. 19-46 doi: 10.21773/boun.32.2.2   http://www.bujournal.boun.edu.tr/_uploads/32_2_2.pdf
  • Asena Caner, Seyit M. Cilasun. “Healthcare Services and the Elderly: Utilization and Satisfaction in the Aftermath of the Turkish Health Transformation Program”, Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721418822868
  • Caner Asena, Karaoğlan Deniz, Yaşar Gülbiye. Utilization of health-care services by young children: The aftermath of the Turkish Health Transformation Program. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2018; 33: 596–613. DOI: 10.1002/hpm.2504
  • Caner, Asena and Peder J. Pedersen, Does Poverty among Immigrants Adapt to Country of Residence? International Migration, October 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imig.12522. 
Do Relative Concerns Matter? Testing Consumption Categories

Areas of Interest: Applied Microeconomics (Development, Labor, and Health Economics) Applied Microeconometrics Education: Ph.D in Economics, New York... Read More

November, 2020

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Does Health Reform Reduce Inequalities? Primary Healthcare of Young Children in Turkey

Areas of Interest: Applied Microeconomics (Development, Labor, and Health Economics) Applied Microeconometrics Education: Ph.D in Economics, New York... Read More

August, 2020

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Areas of Interest: Applied Microeconomics (Development, Labor, and Health Economics) Applied Microeconometrics Education: Ph.D in Economics, New York... Read More

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