Department of Economics
136 Miller Hall
Auburn University, AL 36849
(334) 844-2929
altindag@auburn.edu
Completed Working Papers
"Dorm Sweet Home? Living Arrangements and College Performance." (with Deokrye Baek and Elif Filiz). Under Revision for Resubmission to Journal of Human Capital.
My Current Graduate Student
My Past Graduate Students (First Placement; Year of graduation)
Reem El Cheikh Taha (U Wisconsin - La Crosse, Assistant Professor of Economics; 2025)
Samuel Cole (Westmont College, Assistant Professor of Economics; 2023)
Divya Sadana (U Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Assistant Professor of Economics; 2022)
Jie Zhang (Hunan University, CEFMS, Assistant Professor of Economics; 2020)
Published/Forthcoming/Accepted Papers
20. "Local Labor Market Effects of Nuclear Power Plants." (with Reem El Cheikh Taha, Jennifer Jones, and Alan Seals). Accepted for publication at the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
19. "State of the Field in Election Official and Poll Worker Recruitment, Training, and Retention." (with Kathleen Hale, Mitchell Brown, Joseph Anthony, Brandon Fincher, Shelley Gruendler, Bridgett King, Dean Logan, McKenzie Messenger-Cooper, Hilary Rudy, Alan Seals, and Xuan Wang). Journal of Election Administration, Research & Practice (2025), Vol. 3, Special Issue, pp. 67-74.
18. "An Older College Professor Like Me." (with Samuel Cole and Elif Filiz). Journal of Public Economics. (2025), 244, 105355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105355.
17. "Is Online Education Working?” (with Elif Filiz and Erdal Tekin). Forthcoming at Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, https://doi.org/10.3102/01623737241274802.
16. “Mobile Politicians: Opportunistic Career Moves.” (with Naci Mocan). Journal of Labor Research. (2024). 45, pp. 58-110.
15. "Deterrence and Compellence in the Parliament." (with Naci Mocan and Jie Zhang). Journal of Law and Economics. (2023). 66(2), pp. 333-368.
14. "Managerial Turnover in Primary Care Clinics." (with Samuel Cole).Economic Inquiry (2023), 61(4), pp. 942-964.
13. "The Price of COVID-19 Risk In A Public University," (with Samuel Cole and Alan Seals). Economics of Education Review (2023), 94, 102410. [Here is an earlier version and its coverage in media. It was recently in the Marginal Revolution blog.]
12. “The Effect of Education on Unemployment Duration.” Economic Inquiry (2022), 60(1), pp.21-42, (with Bahadir Dursun and Elif Filiz).
11. “Free Lunch For All? The Impact of Universal School Lunch on Student Misbehavior,” Economics of Education Review (2020), 74, 101945, (with Deokrye Baek, Hong Lee, and Jessica Merkle).
10. “Does It Matter How and How Much Politicians Are Paid?” Economica (2020), 87(349), pp. 1105-1132, (with Elif Filiz and Erdal Tekin).
9. “Chinese Yellow Dust and Korean Infant Health,” Social Science and Medicine, (2017), 186, pp. 78-86, (with Deokrye Baek and Naci Mocan).
8. “Life Satisfaction and Preferences over Economic Growth and Institutional Quality,” Journal of Labor Research, (2017), 38(1), pp. 100-121, (with Junyue Xu).
7. “Child-Custody Reform and the Division of Labor in the Household,” Review of the Economics of the Household, (2017), 15(3), pp.833-856, (with John Nunley and Alan Seals).
6. “Crime and International Tourism,” Journal of Labor Research, (2014), 35, pp. 1-14.
5. “Education, Cognition, Health Knowledge, and Health Behavior,” European Journal of Health Economics, (2014), 15(3), pp. 265-79. (with Naci Mocan).
4. “Salaries and Work Effort: An Analysis of the European Union Parliamentarians,” Economic Journal, (2013), 123(573), pp. 1130-1167. (with Naci Mocan).
3. “Unemployment and Crime: Evidence from Europe,” International Review of Law and Economics, (2012), 32(1), pp.145-157.
2. “The Impact of Education on Health Knowledge,” Economics of Education Review, (2011), 30(5), pp. 792-812. (with Colin Cannonier and Naci Mocan).
1. “Joblessness and Perceptions about the Effectiveness of Democracy,” Journal of Labor Research, (2010), 31(2), pp. 99-123. (with Naci Mocan).
Funded Research
“Study of the Evolution of Election Technology and Impact on the Election Administration Workforce,” (with Mitchell Brown, Kathleen Hale, and Alan Seals), AY: 2024-2025, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, D.C, $62,500.
Completed Resting Papers
“The Emergency Switch to Remote Instruction Did Not Reduce Research Production: Evidence From the NBER Working Papers." (Joint with Zach Cowell).
“Women’s Bargaining Power and the Pill.” (Joint with Nicolas Ziebarth).