Event Detail
Conference on Education, Health, and Worker Productivity – October 16&17, 2015
Conference Photographs
October 16, 2015 – 1st day:
Opening remarks
• Sumru Altuğ, Koç University
• Naci Mocan, Louisiana State University
Culture, Religiosity and Female Labor Supply
• Gökçe Uysal, Bahçeşehir University, with Duygu Güner (University of Leuven)
Discussant: Abdurrahman Aydemir, Sabancı University
Son Preference, Fertility Decline and the Non-Missing Girls of Türkiye
• Onur Altındağ, Graduate Center, City University of New York
Discussant: Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut
Education and Views on Gender Roles: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Türkiye
• Asena Caner, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, with Çağla Ökten (Bilkent University)
Discussant: Sezgin Polat, Galatasaray University
Discussion
Hit or Miss? Test Taking Behavior in Multiple Choice Exams
• Pelin Akyol, Bilkent University, with James Key (University of Western Australia) and Kala Krishna (Pennsylvania State University)
Discussant: Seda Ertaç, Koç University
The Impact of a Minimum Wage Increase on Employment and School Enrollment: Evidence from Türkiye
• Ozan Bakış, Sabancı University, with Mehtap Hisarcıklılar (Staffordshire University) and Alpay Filiztekin (Sabancı University)
Discussant: Asena Caner, TOBB University of Economics and Technology
• Semih Tümen, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye, with Huzeyfe Torun (Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye)
Discussant: Bilge Erten, Northeastern University
October 17, 2015 – 2nd day:
The Effects of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Türkiye
• Meltem Dayıoğlu Tayfur, Middle East Technical University, with Murat Kırdar (Boğaziçi University and IZA) and İsmet Koç (Hacettepe University)
Discussant: Alper Dinçer, OECD
The Rocky Road to Post-Compulsory Education in Türkiye: Intergenerational Educational Mobility
• Ayça Akarçay-Gürbüz, Galatasaray University, with Sezgin Polat (Galatasaray University and GIAM)
Discussant: Meltem Dayıoğlu Tayfur, Middle East Technical University
• Bilge Erten, Northeastern University, with Alper Dinçer (OECD)
Discussant: Huzeyfe Torun, Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye
• Burcu Düzgün, Marmara University
Discussant: Onur Altındağ, Graduate Center, City University of New York
• Resul Cesur, University of Connecticut, with Pınar Mine Güneş (University of Alberta), Erdal Tekin (American University, IZA and NBER) and Aydoğan Ülker (Deakin University)
Discussant: Bülent Anıl, Bahçeşehir University