Adem Elveren

Adem Elveren

Associate Professor, Fitchburg State University

Adem Elveren is an associate Professor of Social Policy, granted by the Council of Higher Education in Turkey. His research focuses on topics related to Social Policy, Defense and Peace Economics. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Utah. He is an ERF research fellow.

Areas of Interest:
  • Social Policy
  • Defense and Peace Economics
Education:
  • Ph.D. Economics, University of Utah, 2008
  • M.A. Economics, Boston University, 2004
  • B.A. Economics, Ankara University, 2000
Experience:
  • Associate Professor, Fitchburg State University, MA, 2019-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Fitchburg State University, MA, 2015-2019
  • Visiting Researcher, The Institute for the Studies of Muslim Societies and Civilizations, Boston University, 2017 - 2019
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Keene State College, Keene, NH, 2014 - 2015
  • Post-Doc. Fellow, Economics, Middle East Technical Uni., Turkey, 2011 - 2013
Latest Publications:
  • Military Spending and Profit Rate: A Circuit of Capital Model with a Military Sector, Defence and Peace Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2020.1832394
  • Is Informality a Barrier to Sustainable Development? (with Gokcer Ozgur and Ceyhun Elgin), Sustainable Development, 29(1): 45-65, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2130
  • Informality, Inequality and Profit Rate (with Ceyhun Elgin and Joseph Bourgeois), Applied Economics Letters, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504851.2020.1795065
  • Hidden Gender Dimensions of the Brain Drain: the Case of Turkey (with Gülay Toksöz), New Perspectives on Turkey, 60(1): 33-59, 2019.
The impact of militarization on gender inequality and female labor force participation

Areas of Interest: Social Policy Defense and Peace Economics Education: Ph.D. Economics, University of Utah, 2008 M.A. Economics,... Read More

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