Assistant Professor
Department of Economics

Office: Liberal Arts Room 375
Telephone: 508-910-6614
Email: mcebi@umassd.edu

Spring 2012 Office Hours:
Tuesday 2 - 3:30, Wednesday 11 - 12, Thursday 2:30 - 3:30

Mailing Address:
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Road
North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2300

Education

Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2008

M.A. Central Michigan University, 2003

B.A. Bogazici University, Turkey, 2001

Publications

“Financial Contagion in Asia and Latin America,” (with Debasish Chakraborty), Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Vol. 8, no. 1 (2009): 55-68.

“Health Insurance Tax Credits and Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Single Mothers,” (with Stephen A. Woodbury), W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research Newsletter, April 2009, Vol. 16, no. 2.

“Health Insurance Tax Credits and Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Income Single Mothers,” (with Stephen A. Woodbury), Employment Research 16 (April 2009): 1-3.

“Locus of Control and Human Capital Investment Revisited,” Journal of Human Resources 42 (Fall 2007): 919-932.

Working Papers

“Long-Term Effects of Job-Search Assistance and the Unemployment Insurance Work-Search Test,” with Stephen A. Woodbury.

“Who Benefits from an Elite College Education? The NBER-Thorndike-Hagen Data Revisited,” with Stephen A. Woodbury.

“Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Labor Supply of Married Women.”