Areas of Interest:

• Development Economics
• Health Economics
• Economics of Education
• Labor Economics

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

• TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, 2005 - Present
• Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, Research Scholar, 2002 - 2004
• New York University, Research and Teaching Assistant, 1998 - 2002

Latest Publications:

• Relative Income Concerns and Smoking Behaviour: The Role of Unobserved Heterogeneity. A Akay and A Caner. PLOS One, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0295333
• Attainment and Gender Equality in Higher Education: Evidence from a Large Scale Expansion. M Derebasoglu, C Okten, A Caner. Journal of Human Capital, DOI : 10.1086/729097, 2023.
• Perceptions of plain packaging and health warnings among university students in Turkey: a survey-based experiment. A Caner, B Turan, MY Gürdal, S Güven. BMC Public Health 23. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-023-15637-4