Education

PhD University of Massachusetts – Amherst, Economics 2008-2014

MS İstanbul Technical University, Economics 2006-2008

BS İstanbul Technical University, Management Engineering 2002-2006

Fields of Interest

Development Economics, Macroeconomics, International Economics, Income Distribution, Political Economy

Publications

Journal Publications

With A. Yağcı, “Partisanship, media and the objective economy: Sources of individual-level economic assessments”, Electoral Studies, V. 66, 102135, 2020

With C. Elgin and O. Öztunalı, “Wage-led versus profit-led demand: a comprehensive empirical analysis”, Metroeconomica, 71(3), pp. 458-486, 2020

With M. wa Gĩthĩnji, "Migration in Kenya: beyond Harris-Todaro", International Review of Applied Economics, V. 34, pp. 4-35, 2020

With H. Tekgüç, Ethnic fractionalization, conflict and educational development in Turkey, International Journal of Educational Development, V. 64, pp. 41-52, 2019

“Agrarian Structures, Urbanization and Inequality”, World Development, V. 83: pp. 207-230, 2016

With C. Elgin, “Lurking in the cities: Urbanization and the informal economy” Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, V. 27: pp. 36-47, 2013

“Globalization, Wage Shares and Income Distribution in Turkey”, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 4 (1): pp. 123-138, 2011

Book Chapter

With O. Onaran , “The Political Economy of Inequality, Redistribution and Recent Boom-Bust Cycles in Turkey”, in Emerging Economies During and After the Great Recession(eds.) P. Arestis and M. Sawyer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Working Papers

With Ö. Onaran, “The Effects of Public Social Infrastructure and Gender Equality on Output and Employment: The case of South Korea”, Care Work and the Economy, CWE-GAM Working Paper Series: 20-01, 2020

“The role of global finance in the provisioning of social infrastructure and the welfare state”, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No:74, 2020

With Ö. Onaran and E. Fotopoulou, “Gendering macroeconomic analysis and development policy: The role of labour market and fiscal policies for gender equitable development”, Care Work and the Economy, CWE-GAM Working Paper Series: 19-04, 2019

With Ö. Onaran and E. Fotopoulou, “Wage-Led vs. Profit-Led Growth: A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis”, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No:71, 2019

With C. Elgin and O. Öztunalı, Wage-Led vs. Profit-Led Growth: A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No: 65, 2018

With H. Tekgüç" Double Squeeze on Educational Development: Land Inequality and Ethnic Conflict in Southeastern Turkey", Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No: 49, 2017.

With M. wa Gĩthĩnji,Migration in Kenya: Beyond Harris-Todaro, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No: 47, 2017.

“Structural Change and the Kuznets Hypothesis”, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No:23, 2015

With Ö. Onaran, “The political economy of inequality, redistribution and boom-bust cycles in Turkey", Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, University of Greenwich, No: 16.

Policy Brief

“The End of Boom and the Political Economy of Turkey’s crisis”, University of Greenwich, No. PB24-2018, 2018

Research Project

With O. Onaran, “The Effect of Gender Equality and Fiscal Policy on Growth and Employment: The case of South Korea” funded by American University Program on Gender Analysis in Economics, the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Project. Total value: $10,800, June 2019- December 2019

With O. Onaran and E. Fotopoulou, “The Effects of Income, Gender and Wealth Inequality, and Economic Policies on Macroeconomic Performance” funded by ESRC/NIESR Rebuilding Macroeconomics Project. Total value: £53,732, April 2017- November 2019

“The role of finance in the provisioning of social infrastructure and welfare state” project funded by FEPS, Total value: €13,188, February 2017- November 2017

With O. Onaran and E. Fotopoulou “Gendering macroeconomic analysis and development policy: The role of labour market and fiscal policies for gender equitable development” project funded by the Care Work and the Economy (CWE-GAM) Project. Total value: $10,800, February 2017- November 2019

With C. Elgin (Boğaziçi University), “Wage-Led vs. Profit-Led Growth: A Comprehensive Empirical Analysis.” funded by the British Academy (Newton Advanced Fellowship, £46000), 2015-2017 April

Teaching Experience

University of Greenwich April 2014 -

· Senior Lecturer, Course leader for Economic and Financial History, Economic History, Quantitative Methods I, Microeconomics II

· Lecturer, Course leader for Economic History, Quantitative Methods I, Business Economics: Markets & Strategies, Economic Analysis of Business Performance

University of Massachusetts - Amherst September 2008 to December 2013

· Teaching Associate, Economic Development, International Trade

· Teaching Assistant, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money and Banking, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Introduction to Microeconomics

Boğaziçi University June 2012 to August 2012 & June 2011 to August 2011

· Visiting Scholar, Principles of Macroeconomics, Contemporary World Economy

Dissertation Committee Service

Ines Heck, University of Greenwich, 1^st supervisor

Evrydiki Fotopoulou, University of Greenwich, 2^nd supervisor

Journal Referee Service

Boğaziçi Journal: Review of Social Economic and Administrative Studies, Economic Systems, Economic Modelling, European Journal of Development Research, Eurasian Economic Review, Electoral Studies, Feminist Economics, Metroeconomica, Middle East Development Journal, Review of Social Economy, Review of Political Economy, Sustainable Development, Sustainability.

Certificates

Postgraduate Certificate on Higher Education, University of Greenwich February 2016

Languages

Turkish (native), English (fluent)

Computer Skills

Stata, Latex