Image:
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Title:
Assist. Prof. Dr.
Surname:
cantekin
Status:
Full-Time Academic Staff
Program:
Economics
Telephone:
00905338497413
E-mail:
ckerem
metu.edu.tr
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Room:
tz39
Educational Background:
- Phd in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Utah (expected in early 2018)
- M.Sc in Economics, New School for Social Research (2011)
- B.Sc. Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Technical University (2008)
Research Interests:
- Marxian Economics, Gender Economics, Inequality within the Labor Market and Its Social Consequences, Integration of Young People into the Economic System, Labor Mobility, Technology and Labor Productivity, Labor Organization, Alternative Economic Systems, World System Theory
Courses Taught:
- METU TRNC Campus, Guzelyurt, TRNC: Introduction to Economics, Labor Economics, World Economy, Marxian Economics, Gender Economics
- University Of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Labor Economics, Marxian Economics, International Economics(online)
- Bosphoros University, Istanbul, Turkey: Principles of Microeconomics, Marxian Economics
- Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China: Why Some Workers Earn More, Preparing the Future Labor Force
Selected Publications:
- Cantekin, K. & Elgin, C. Eur J Crim Policy Res (2019), DOI:10.1007/s10610-019-09412-8
- Extent and Growth Effects of Informality in Turkey: Evidence from a Firm-Level Survey, coauthored with Ceyhun Elgin, Singapore Economic Review (SSCI), 2016, DOI:10.1142/S0217590815500794