Areas of Interest:

• Trade and Competitiveness
• Technology and Labour
• Outward FDI
• ICT and Productivity
• Innovation, Productivity and Efficiency
• Efficiency, Productivity and Competitiveness

Education:

• Ph.D. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Department of Economics, Ankara, Turkey, 2005
• M. A. in Economics, Department of Economics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA, 1997
• B.S. in Economics, Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, 1993

Experience:

• Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics of Anadolu University, Present
• Member of Advisory Board, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Ankara, Turkey, Nov 2008 - Present
• Vice Chair, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, March 2018 – Present
• Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA, July 2013 – Sep. 2013
• Associate Professor Doctor, Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2010
• Visiting Research Fellow, Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University, London, UK, 2007 – 2008 
• Assistant Professor Doctor, Department of Economics, Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey, 2005 – 2010

Latest Publications:

• Özbilen, Ş.K., Rende, K., Kılıçaslan, Y. et al. (2019) Prediction of the resource-efficient potential of Turkish manufacturing industry: a country-based study, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-019-01689-x
• Kılıçaslan, Y. and Töngür, Ü. (2018) ICT and employment generation: evidence from Turkish manufacturing, Applied Economics Letters, DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2018.1529391 3
• Guney, G. and Kılıçaslan, Y. (2018) “The Use of Information and Communication Technologies and Firm Performance”, Ekonomik Yaklaşım, 29 (106): 31-72. (in Turkish)
• Aytun, U. and Kılıçaslan, Y. (2018) “Industry Level Competitiveness and Adaptation to World Demand: An Analysis on Turkey and Selected Countries”, ESOGÜ İİBF Dergisi, Nisan 2018, 13(1), 143-166. (in Turkish)
• Aytun, U. and Kılıçaslan, Y. (2017) “Product Life Cycle and Innovativeness: The Case of MENA”, World Journal of Applied Economics, 3 (2): 48-91
• Kılıçaslan, Y., Sickles, R., Atay Kayis, A. and Üçdoğruk Gürel, Y. (2017) “Impact of ICT on the Productivity of the Firm: Evidence from TurkishManufacturing”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 47(3), 277–289
• Başköy, H. and Kılıçaslan, Y. (2017) “The Impact of Flexible Labour Market Policies on Wage and Profit: A Comparatıve Country Analysis”, Çalışma ve Toplum, 3(54), 1507-1544. (in Turkish)
• Yurtsızoğlu, Z. and Kılıçaslan, Y. (2017) “Structural Change and Productivity in the Service Sector of Turkey”, Ege Academic Review, 17(2), 215-228. (in Turkish)