Areas of Interest:

• Labor Economics
• Development Economics
• Institutions

Education:

• PhD in Economics, European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics United Kingdom & Belgium 2008-2014, Universite Catholique de Louvain
• PhD in Economics, Catholic University of Louvain, IRES Belgium- 2008-2014
• London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom, Research Exchange Student in the Department of Economics- Sept 2011-Oct 2012
• MSc in Economics, Birkbeck College, University of London- 2005-2006

Experience:

• Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Istanbul Technical University, July 2020- Present
• Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Istanbul Technical University- July 2014- July 2020
• Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Bogazici University, Spring 2018
• Part-time Faculty Member, Department of Economics, Sabanci University- Sept 2016- Sept 2018
• Lecturer in the Summer School, Sabanci University- Summer 2014
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, London School of Economics and Political Science- Sept 2011- May 2014
• Research Assistant, Université Catholique de Louvain- 2008-2014

Latest Publications:

• "Labour Market Effect of Syrians in Turkey: Evidence from Informal Textile Ateliers in Istanbul”, forthcoming in Migration Letters, 2020.
• "COVID-19 and undeclared work: impacts and policy responses in Europe”, (joint with Colin Williams), in The Service Industries Journal, pp.1-18, 2020.
• "The Coronovirus Pandemic and Europe’s Undeclared Economy: Impacts and A Policy Proposal”, (joint with Colin Williams), in The South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 15(1), 80-92, 2020.
• "Explaining Tax Non-Compliance from a Neo-Institutionalist Perspective: Some Lessons from a Public Opinion Survey in Turkey”, (joint with Colin Williams), in Sosyoekonomi, Vol. 28 (43), 2020.
• "Understanding the Reasons Behind Child Labor and Its Sectoral Distribution in Turkey", (joint with Orcun Kanun), in Çalışma ve Toplum Dergisi (Journal of Work and Society), 2019.