Refereed Publications

  • Wage inequality dynamics in Turkey (with S. Polat), Empirica, 50, 657–694, 2023. Download paper from publisher’s website [SSCI]. The working paper version is available at the ERF website: https://erf.org.eg/app/uploads/2021/11/1637510427_580_3104124_1509.pdf

  • Blessing or burden? The impact of refugees on businesses and the informal economy (with O. Altindag and S. Rozo), Journal of Development Economics, 146, 2020. Download paper from publisher’s website [SSCI]. The working paper version is available at SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3188406

  • Unbundling curbside parking costs from housing prices (with E. Inci ve R.O. Senturk), Journal of Economic Geography, 19(1), 89-119,2019. Download paper from publisher’s website [SSCI].

  • Determinants of academic achievement of middle schoolers in Turkey (with B. Borkan), Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice, 16(6), 2193-2217, 2016. Download [SSCI].

  • Recent trends in the Turkish labor market, İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 30(351), 73-110, 2015. Download [EconLit].

  • Structural change and industrial policy in Turkey (with I. Atiyas), Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51(6), 1209–1229, 2015. Download [SSCI].

  • Transitional dynamics and the optimal progressivity of income redistribution (with B. Kaymak and M. Poschke), Review of Economic Dynamics, 18(3), 679-693, 2015. Download [SSCI].

  • Wage Inequality in Turkey: 2002-10, (with S. Polat), Economics of Transition, 23(1), 169-212, 2015. Download [SSCI].

  • Aggregate and sectoral TFP growth in Turkey: a growth accounting exercise (with I. Atiyas), İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 29(341), 9-36, 2014. Download [SSCI].

  • Quantile estimates for social returns to education in Turkey: 2006-2009 (with N. Davutyan, H. Levent and S. Polat), Middle East Development Journal, 5(3), 1350017-1-1350017-23, 2013. Download [EconLit].

  • Sectoral human capital spillovers: evidence from Turkey (with N. Davutyan, H. Levent and S. Polat), İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 26(298), 9-20, 2011. Download [SSCI].

Refereed Publications (in Turkish)

  • Türkiye ekonomisinde toplam faktör verimliliği: 1980-2019 [In English: Total factor productivity in Turkish economy] (with U. Acar). İktisat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 5(1), 1-27, 2021. Download [EconLit].

  • Zincirlenmiş hacim serileri ile GSYH’de ne değişti? (In English: What changed with GDP in chained volume measures?), Ekonomi TEK, 7(2) 1-36, 2018. Download

  • Türkiye’de çalışılan saatlerin dağılımı ve değişimi (In English: Distribution of hours worked in Turkey and its evolution) (with S. Polat, M. Ulus), Efil Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 1(4) 108-127, 2018. Download

  • Yeni GSYH serilerinin getirdiği farklılıklar ve sorunlar (In English: The Differences and the problems of the new GDP series), İktisat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2(1), 15-42, 2018. Download [EconLit].

  • Kuşaklar arası eğitim hareketliliği: AB-Türkiye karşılaştırması (In English: Intergenerational educational mobility: An EU-Turkey comparison), Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar, 54(634), 97-105, 2017. Download [EconLit].

  • Türkiye’de eğitimin bireysel getirisi: 1988-2008 (In English: Private returns to education in Turkey: 1988-2008), Finans Politik & Ekonomik Yorumlar, 52(601), 69-75, 2015. Download [EconLit].

Other Publications

  • Assessment of a carbon tax as a tool to decarbonize Turkey’s energy supply 2050 (with D.E. Dalgic, P. Deniz, M. Finger, I. Gumus and E. Köksal). IC4R | İstanbul Center for Regulation, Report Series No.1, 2022. Download

  • Productivity, reallocation, and structural change: An assessment (with I. Atiyas), chapter in Turkish Economy at the Crossroads: Facing the Challenges Ahead, ed. by Akat, A.S, and S. Gürsel, World Scientific Publishing: Singapore, 91-122, 2020 Download

  • Anatolian tigers and the emergence of the devout bourgeoisie in the turkish manufacturing industry (with I. Atiyas and E. GÜrakar), chapter in Crony Capitalism in the Middle East: Business and Politics from Liberalization to the Arab Spring, ed. by Diwan, I., A. Malik, A. and I. Atiyas, Oxford University Press: Oxford, 90-118, 2019. Download

  • Depositor myopia and banking sector behaviour (with F. Karanfil and S. Polat), chapter in Financial Development, Economic Crises and Emerging Market Economies ed. by Ulgen, F., Routledge: London, 156-169, 2016. Download

  • Interactions between economic growth, innovation, financial development and sustainability in emerging countries (with F. Karanfil and S. Polat), chapter in Developing Economies: Innovation, Investment and Sustainability ed. by Carcillo, J.M., Nova Publishers: New York, 223-234, 2012. Download

  • Social returns to education in Turkey: a quantile regression approach (with S. Polat, N.Davutyan and H.Levent), chapter in Secondary Education in the 21st Century ed. by Beckett, D.S., Nova Publishers: New York, 101-119, 2010. Download

Other Publications (in Turkish)

  • 1980 sonrası Türkiye ekonomisinde yapısal dönüşüm [In English: Structural transformation in the post-1980 Turkish economy]] (with U. Acar), chapter in Prof. Dr. Seyfettin Gürsel’e Öğrencilerinden Armağan: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Güncel Sorunları, forthcoming.

  • Türkiye’de dijital eşitsizlik 2007-2021 arasında nasıl şekillendi? [In English: How did digital inequality evolve in Turkey between 2007-2021?] (with E. Köksal), chapter in Prof. Dr. Seyfettin Gürsel’e Öğrencilerinden Armağan: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Güncel Sorunları, forthcoming.

  • 1980 sonrası Türkiye ekonomisinde verimlilik, kaynak tahsisi ve yapısal değişim [In English: Productivity, resource allocation and structural change in the Post-1980 Turkish economy] (with I. Atiyas), chapter in Çıkmaz Yol: Dünden Yarına Türkiye Ekonomisi, ed. by Akat, A.S, and S. Gürsel, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları: İstanbul, 71-98, 2023. Download

  • Türkiye’de bilgi iletişim harcamaları ve dijitalleşme (In English: Information and communications technology expenditure and digitalization in Turkey) (with E. Koksal). Betam Araştırma Raporu, 2022. Download

  • Tanzim satış enflasyonu düşürdü (In English: Direct sale points reduced the inflation rate) (with U. Acar). İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, 102, 31-37, 2019. Download

  • Sıçrama yapan şirketler (In English: Leaping companies) (with I. Atiyas). TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2018, 04-593, 2018. Download

  • İmalat sanayi sektörleri rekabet göstergeleri raporu (In English: Report on manufacturing industries competitiveness indices) (with I. Atiyas). TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2014-05/551, 2014. Download

  • Türkiye’de büyümenin kısıtları: bir önceliklendirme çalışması (In English: Constraints to growth in Turkey: a study of prioritization) (with I. Atiyas). TÜSİAD Publication, No. TUSIAD-T/2011/11/519,

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  • Kamu harcamaları ve büyüme: zaman serileri analizi (In English: Public expenditures and growth: a time series analysis) (with T. Jobert and R. Tuncer). Betam Research Report Series No. 1, 2008. Download

Working Papers

  • Resource reallocation and total factor productivity in Turkiye: 2000-2022, Betam Working Paper Series No. 022, 2024. Download

  • İstanbul işgücü piyasasında rezervasyon ücretleri, Betam Working Paper Series No. 023, 2024. Download

  • Türkiye ekonomisinde toplam faktör verimliliğinin seyri: sektörel bakış, 1980-2018 (with U. Acar) Betam Working Paper Series No. 19, 2020. Download

  • Firm dynamics and job creation in Turkey - some preliminary results (with I. Atiyas and Y. K. Orhan) TUSIAD-Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum Working Paper No. 2017-1, 2017. Download

  • Identifying the links between innovation and FDI flows in Turkey (with I. Atiyas) TUSIAD-Sabanci University Competitiveness Forum Working Paper No. 2015-1, 2015. Download

Work in Progress

  • In search of the Holy Grail: impact of foreign direct investment on target firms in Turkey (with I. Atiyas and R. K. Erdemli)

  • Intergenerational education mobility between and within vulnerable groups in Turkey (with A. Filiztekin).

  • A numerical solution to the second-best optimal taxation.

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