Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University

Ph.D. (Economics), University of Houston, 2009

Research Affiliate, IZA and HICN

 


Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
6214 University Avenue
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 3J5 CANADA
Phone: +1-902-494-8011
Office Fax: +1-902-494-6917
E-mail:  mevlude@dal.ca

Research

My fields of interest include Labor Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics and Economic History.

Publications

The Effect of English Proficiency among Childhood Immigrants: Are Hispanics Different?, (with Hoyt Bleakley, University of Chicago GSB and Aimee Chin, University of Houston), forthcoming in Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond , David Leal and Stephen Trejo (eds.), New York: Springer.

Working Papers

Children of War: The Long-Run Effects of Large-Scale Physical Destruction and Warfare on Children, IZA Discussion Paper No. 4407, September 2009 (Revise and Resubmit at the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics)

Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV (with Belgi Turan, University of Houston), Mimeo, September 2010 (Under Review)

The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Reducing School Quality: Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany (with Mutlu Yuksel, Dalhousie University and IZA) Mimeo, August 2010

Intergenerational Transmission of Health in the US among Natives and Immigrants (with Adriana Kugler, Georgetown University), Mimeo, May 2008

Research in Progress

Risk and Trust Attitudes, Locus of Control and WWII Destruction (with Mutlu Yuksel, IZA and Zhong Zhao, Renmin University of China)

The Intergenerational Effects of Parental Schooling on Children's Health Outcomes: Evidence from a Large Scale School Construction Program in Indonesia

Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor: Evidence from Developing Country Context (with Belgi Turan, University of Houston and Mutlu Yuksel, IZA)

Language Human Capital and Health Outcomes of Childhood Immigrants

Teaching

ECON 2201: Intermediate Macroeconomics, Winter 2010 ** Click for Syllabus**

ECON 3315: Labor Economics, Fall 2009 ** Click for Syllabus**

ECON 2217: Women and the Economy, Fall 2009 ** Click for Syllabus**


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