Research
Published or Accepted Papers
"Understanding Labor Market Discrimination Against Transgender People in the US: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey" with Kitt Carpenter and Dario Sansone. NBER (Sep 2022), IZA (Sep 2022) (Forthcoming at Management Science)
Media Coverage: Faculti
Aksoy, Billur, Ian Chadd and Boon Han Koh. “Sexual Identity, Gender, and Anticipated Discrimination in Prosocial Behavior” European Economic Review. 154 (2023): 104427.
Media Coverage: NPR's 51 Percent Podcast.
Aksoy, Billur, Kitt Carpenter and Dario Sansone. “Knowledge About Federal Employment Nondiscrimination Protections on the Basis of Sexual Orientation” AEA Papers and Proceedings 113 (2023): 541–545.
Aksoy Billur and Silvana Krasteva. "When Does Less Information Translate into More Giving to Public Goods?" Experimental Economics 23 (2020): 1148-1177.
Aksoy Billur and Marco Palma. "The Effects of Scarcity on In-Group Favoritism and Cheating.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 165 (2019): 100-117.
Media Coverage: The Eagle San Antonio Express News, Houston Chronicle, ScienceDaily
Aksoy, Billur, Haley Harwell, Ada Kovaliukaite, and Catherine Eckel. “Measuring Trust: A Reinvestigation.” Southern Economic Journal 84.4 (2018): 992-1000.
Aksoy, Billur, Catherine Eckel and Rick Wilson. "Can I Rely on You?” Games 9.4 (2018): 81.
Working Papers:
“Workers’ Response to Monetary Incentives in For-Profit and Non-Profit Jobs" with Angela De Oliveira, and Catherine Eckel (Revise and Resubmit at Economic Inquiry )
"The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations" with Christine Exley and Judd Kessler (Under Review)
Media Coverage: VoxEU Column
"From Distraction to Dedication: Commitment Against Phone Use in the Classroom" with Lester Lusher and Scott Carrell
“Competitiveness at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation” with Ian Chadd
"Revisiting Gender Differences in Economic Behavior Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic" with Ian Chadd, Elif Bike Osun, Erkut Ozbay