Yasemin Dildar
Associate Professor,
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Associate Professor
Economics
Education
PhD, Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2015)
Dissertation: “Structural Transformation, Culture, and Women’s Labor Force Participation in Turkey”
Courses/Teaching
Econ 3109: Political Economy of Women
Econ 3730: Economic Development
Econ 3103: Economics of the Environment
Econ 4200: Intermediate Macroeconomics
Econ 2202: Principles of Macroeconomics
Econ 2000: The Economy: Problems and Perspectives
Research and Teaching Interests
- Development Economics (primary)
- Macroeconomics
- Labor Economics
- Political Economy
- Feminist Economics
- Environmental Economics
Recent Publications
- “The Effect of Pro-Natalist Rhetoric on Women’s Fertility Preferences in Turkey”, Population and Development Review 48(2): 579-612, 2022.
- “Social Reproduction Feminism: Merits and Shortcomings of a Unitary Theory Approach”, Praksis 57 (2021/3).
- “Gendered Patterns of Industrialization in MENA”, Middle East Development Journal 13(1): 128-149, 2021.
- “Is Economic Empowerment a Protective Factor Against Intimate Partner Violence? Evidence from Turkey”, The European Journal of Development Research 33, 2020.
- “Gender Differences in Children’s Domestic Work: Evidence from Turkey”, Politica Economica-Journal of Economic Policy 3: 365-388, 2020.
- “Social and Psychological Determinants of Consumption: Evidence for the Lipstick Effect During the Great Recession (with Daniel MacDonald), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 86, 2020.
- “Targeting Women's Employment: Do Employment Subsidies Work? Evidence from Turkey”, Review of Radical Political Economy 52(1), 2020.