My fields of interest include Labor Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics, and Economic History.
Publications and Papers Under Review:
World War II Blues: The Long-lasting Mental Health Effect of Childhood Trauma (Erdal Tekin and Belgi Turan), NBER WP #30284 (Revised and Resubmitted at the Journal of Human Resources)
Expressway to Votes: Infrastructure Projects and Voter Persuasion (with Dozie Okoye and Belgi Turan), Economic Journal, January 2024, 134 (657): 48-94.
The Crime Effects of Refugees (with Naci Mocan, Semih Tumen, and Belgi Turan), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Spring 2024, 43(2): 472-508.
Exposure to Economic Distress during Pregnancy and Birth Outcomes (with Seyit Cilasun, Erdal Tekin, and Belgi Turan), Journal of Labor Research, March 2024, 45(1): 1-29.
Silver Lining of the Water: The Role of Government Relief Assistance in Disaster (with Md Habibur Rahman and Mehmet Ali Ulubasoglu), European Journal of Political Economy, September 2023, 79, 102436.
Estimating the Effects of Expanding Ultrasound Use on Sex Selection in India (with Daniel Rosenblum), Journal of Development Studies, January 2023, 59(4): 1-17.
War across the Life Course: Examining the Impact of Conflict Exposure on a Comprehensive Inventory of Health Measures in an Aging Vietnamese Population (with Zachary Zimmer, Kathryn Fraser, Kim Korinek, Yvette Young and Tran Khanh Toan), International Journal of Epidemiology, July 2021, 50(3): 866-879.
The Effects of a Green Nudge on Municipal Solid Waste: Evidence from a Clear Bag Policy (with Catherine Boulatoff), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, March 2021, 106: 102404.
Social Unrest in Impressionable Years and the Formation of Political Attitudes: Evidence from Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany (with Dozie Okoye and Mutlu Yuksel), Economic Inquiry, January 2020, 58(1): 184-208.
Do English Skills Affect Muslim Immigrants' Economic and Social Integration Differentially? (with Cahit Guven and Mutlu Yuksel), Economic Record, 2019, 95 (310): 279-300.
Women Make Houses, Women Make Homes (with Melanie Khamis and Mutlu Yuksel), Labour Economics, December 2017, 49: 145-161.
Heterogeneity in the Long Term Effect of the Warfare (with Mutlu Yuksel), Economics and Human Biology, 27, Part A, November 2017: 126-136.
War during Childhood: The Long-Run Effects of Warfare on Health, Journal of Health Economics, 53, May 2017, 117–130.
For Better or for Worse: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Family Formation (with Melanie Khamis and Mutlu Yuksel), Applied Economics, 2016, 48(29): 2771-2784.
Intergenerational Persistence of Health: Do Immigrants Get Healthier as They Remain in the U.S. for More Generations? (with Adriana Kugler), Economics and Human Biology, 2016, 23, 136-148.
The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany (with Mutlu Yuksel), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7(3): 58-85.
Children of War: The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children, Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(3): 634-662.
Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV (with Belgi Turan), Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26(4): 1523-1547.
The Effect of English Proficiency among Childhood Immigrants: Are Hispanics Different? (with Hoyt Bleakley and Aimee Chin) in Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond, David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds.), New York: Springer, 2011.
Navigating Cleaner Waters: Waste Import and Water Pollution (with Sarah Zhang and Weina Zhou), IZA DP. 17828 (Under Review)
Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women's Economic Empowerment (with Abdurahman Aydemir, Murat Kirdar, and Belgi Turan) (Under Review)
The Safety Net in Action: The Health Impact of Old Age Security on Low-Income Seniors (with Mohammad Hajizadeh, Thiago Ferro, Michel Grignon and Yukiko Asada), CIHR Funded Project
Exploiting Spatial and Temporal Variation in Nutrition at Birth, Using Data on Infant Mortality and Famines: A Study of Long-Run Health Effects (with Gerard van den Berg and Katharina Walliczek)
Interdisciplinary Publications:
Untold Story of Wartime Children: Results of the Vietnam Health and Aging Study (with Zachary Zimmer, Sujita Pandey, and Tran Khanh Toan), Population Research and Policy Review, April 2024, 43(2): 1-24.
The long-term Association between Exposure to Wartime Bombing Earlier in Life and Post-traumatic Stress Later in Life among Today's Older Vietnamese Population (with Zachary Zimmer, Yvette Young, and Tran Khanh Toan), Acta Psychologica, 246, June 2024.
Do Legal School Leaving Rules Still Affect Schooling and Earnings? Social Science Research, 61, January 2017, 195-205.
Working Papers and Work in Progress:
The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics (with Nick Huntington-Klein, Claus Portner and at al.)
The Long Shadow of PKK Conflict in Turkey (with Dozie Okoye and Belgi Turan)
Busing to Equality: Effect of Busing Program on Children's Outcomes (with Erdal Tekin and Belgi Turan)
Assessing the External Effects of the Canada 150 Research Chair Program (with Stephane Mechoulan), SSHRC Funded Project
Impact of Retirement Income Programs on Psychological and Social Wellbeing of Canadian Older Population (with Mohammad Hajizadeh), SSHRC Funded Project
Vietnam War and Economic Well-being (with Yvette Young, Kim Korinek, and Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan), NIH and CIHR Funded Project
Immunization Campaigns and Long-term Outcomes (Mohammad Hajizadeh and Belgi Turan)
The Role of Tax Incentives and Risk Aversion in Purchasing Private Health Insurance among Australian Immigrants (Cahit Guven, Olena Stavrunova, Oleg Yerokhin, and Mutlu Yuksel)
A Double-Edged Sword: Covid-19 Economic Depression and Environment (with Belgi Turan)