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

The Indian Ultrasound Paradox (with Daniel Rosenblum, Dalhousie University), Mimeo, November 2011 (Under Review)

Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes (with Melanie Khamis, Wesleyan University and Mutlu Yuksel, Dalhousie University), Mimeo, November 2011 (Under Review)

The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany (with Mutlu Yuksel, Dalhousie University and IZA), IZA Discussion Paper No. 5850, July 2011 (Under Review)

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)

Left Behind: Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital in the Midst of HIV (with Belgi Turan, University of Houston), IZA Discussion Paper No. 5166, September 2010 (Revise and Resubmit)

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

Research in Progress

The Long-Term Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany on Entrepreneurship and Social Capital

Exposure to Ultrasound Technology and Child Mortality in India (with Daniel Rosenblum, Dalhousie University)

Intergenerational Impacts of Destruction and Warfare (with Mutlu Yuksel, Dalhousie University)

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

Teaching

ECON 5254: Applied Development Economics II, Winter 2012 ** Click for Syllabus**

ECON 4200: Honour's Thesis, 2011-2012 ** Click for Syllabus**

ECON 3315: Labor Economics, Fall 2011 ** Click for Syllabus**

ECON 2217: Women and the Economy, Fall 2011 ** Click for Syllabus**

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


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