I am a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Calgary, expecting to graduate in 2026. I am on the job market for the 2025-2026 academic year.

My work spans health, labour, and environmental economics. I use applied microeconomic methods to study how policies and shocks affect employment, health and well-being, and environmental risks, with a focus on distributional impacts. Much of my research documents differential effects on groups facing structural disadvantage, including gender gaps and unequal access to care. 

My job market paper examines how health shocks affect household labour market outcomes, with a particular focus on spillover effects on unaffected family members. I am interested in understanding how families adjust their labour supply, earnings, and employment decisions in response to health crises, and how these adjustments vary across different genders.

You can access my CV here. 

Contact:

Email ipek.tastan@ucalgary.ca