Belgi Turan

Associate Professor and Deputy Chair of the Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey

Belgi Turan is an Associate Professor of Economics and the current Deputy Chair of the Department of Economics at TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Turkey. She is also a research fellow at the Economic Research Forum. Dr. Turan received her B.Sc. in 2001 and MBA in 2003 from Middle East Technical University and her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Houston in 2011. Her primary research interests lie in applied microeconomics, focusing on education, gender, health, and labor economics. Her work has been published in leading general-interest and field journals, including The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, and Journal of Population Economics. Dr. Turan has led numerous research projects commissioned by international organizations, such as the World Bank and the European Commission, as well as Turkish governmental institutions, including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Ministry of Trade, Strategy and Budget Directorate, and Ministry of Development. She has also conducted Impact Analysis training for governmental bodies such as the Competition Authority, Ministry of Industry and Technology, Ministry of Development, Turkish Employment Agency, and Ministry of Labour and Social Security.

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Areas of Interest:

Development
Health
Education
Labor
Impact Evaluation
Applied Microeconomics

Education:

PhD. University of Houston, Department of Economics, Houston, TX, 2011.
MA. University of Houston, Department of Economics, Houston, TX, 2007.
MBA. Middle East Technical University, Business Administration, Turkey, 2003.
B.Sc., Middle East Technical University, Environmental Engineering, Turkey, 2001.

Experience:

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2019 - Present
Vice Chair, Department of Economics, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, 2020 - Present
Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, Strategy and Budget Directorate, Directorate General for COMCEC and International Development, 2022 - Present
Atılım University, Ankara, Turkey, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, 2012 - 2019

Latest Publications:

Expressway to Votes: Infrastructure Projects and Voter Persuasion (with Mevlude-Akbulut Yuksel, Dozie Okoye), 2024. The Economic Journal, 134(657): 48-94.
The Crime Effects of Refugees (with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Naci Mocan, and Semih Tumen), 2024. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
Exposure to Economic Distress during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes (with Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Seyit Mümin Cilasun and Erdal Tekin) 2024, Journal of Labor Research.
The Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply in a Labor Market with Extensive Informality (with Semih Tumen), 2023. Empirical Economics.
Perceptions of plain packaging and health warnings among university students in Turkey: a survey-based experiment, (with Asena Caner, M. Yigit Gürdal, Sibel Güven). 2023, BMC Public Health, 23, 779.