Welcome to my homepage. I am a professor of economics at Koç University, Istanbul. I hold a BA degree from the University of Michigan (1998) and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania (2004).
My research spans the fields of economics, demography, and development. I work primarily in the areas of immigration and education. My latest research focuses on the well-being of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries and their impact on the host population’s socioeconomic outcomes. In my earlier research on immigration, I explored the causes of migration decisions and the consequences of migration for both source and host countries. My research on education examines the causal effects of education on various demographic and labor market outcomes. I am also interested in understanding inequalities in educational outcomes across different demographic groups. I have publications in several leading international journals in economics, including International Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Human Capital, Labour Economics, World Bank Economic Review, and Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, as well as in demography and development studies, including Demography and World Development.
I have served as an Associate Editor of the European Economic Review since January 2018. My teaching experience includes graduate and undergraduate courses in econometrics, microeconomics, applied econometrics, and labor economics. Additionally, I have supervised several graduate students, including Ph.D. candidates.
Contact Koç University, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics Rumeli Feneri Yolu, 34450 Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail: [email protected]