Semih Tumen

Research Fellow

Amazon

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Semih Tumen is a Senior Manager (Economics) at Amazon. He held faculty positions as a Professor of Economics at TED University and Louisiana State University. He also served as a Deputy Governor, Monetary Policy Committee Member, Head of Structural Economic Research, and Economist at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics from London School of Economics, and BSc in Economics from Middle East Technical University.

His research concentrates on Labor Economics with a special focus on job search, human capital/education, migration/refugees, and social interactions & networks. His current research delves into the education, labor market, and product market consequences of forced displacement. He has also worked on topics including labor productivity, active labor market policies, vocational education/training, compulsory military service, informal employment, minimum wages, inequality, entrepreneurship, neighborhood formation, social interactions/networks, returns to education, intergenerational mobility, and subjective well-being.

His research has been published in the American Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Human Resources, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, Journal of Population Economics, Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Economic Inequality, Economics Letters, International Journal of Manpower, Empirical Economics, The Economics of Transition, Journal of Happiness Studies, Journal of Productivity Analysis, Journal of Housing Economics, The World Economy, International Journal of Economic Theory, Industrial Relations, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Energy Economics, Food Policy, Demographic Research, Social Indicators Research, Singapore Economic Review, Economic Modelling, Labour, and other journals.

He is the recipient of the 2017 Kuznets Prize.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2015.





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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17386
Under Pressure: Electoral Competition and Women's Representation
Pamela Campa, Perihan Saygin, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16862
Hometown Conflict and Refugees' Integration Efforts
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Gaurav Khanna, Victoria Marino, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16080
Impact of Graduating with Honors on Entry Wages of Economics Majors
Salim Atay, Gunes A. Aşık, Semih Tumen
published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2024, 86 (3), 606-640
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15335
The Crime Effect of Refugees
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Naci Mocan, Semih Tumen, Belgi Turan
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43 (2), 472-508
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14557
Training Teachers for Diversity Awareness: Impact on School Attendance of Refugee Children
Semih Tumen, Michael Vlassopoulos, Jackline Wahba
published online in: Journal of Human Resources, August 2023
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14260
Ethnic Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment and a Structural Model
Vincent Boucher, Semih Tumen, Michael Vlassopoulos, Jackline Wahba, Yves Zenou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14039
The Effect of Refugees on Native Adolescents' Test Scores: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Pisa
Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102633
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13986
The Effect of Fertility on Female Labor Supply in a Labor Market with Extensive Informality
Semih Tumen, Belgi Turan
published in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 65 (4), 1855-1894
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13982
The Impact of Age-Specific Minimum Wages on Youth Employment and Education: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis
Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Muserref Kucukbayrak, Semih Tumen
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2022, 43 (6), 1352-1377
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13145
Local Governance Quality and the Environmental Cost of Forced Migration
Cevat Giray Aksoy, Semih Tumen
revised version published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 149, 102603
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12930
Agricultural Credits and Agricultural Productivity: Cross-Country Evidence
Unal Seven, Semih Tumen
published in: Singapore Economic Review, 2020, 65, 161-183
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12847
Empowered or Impoverished: The Impact of Panic Buttons on Domestic Violence
Semih Tumen, Hakan Ulucan
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2024, 22, 1423–1459
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12235
Refugees and 'Native Flight' from Public to Private Schools
Semih Tumen
published in: Economics Letters, 2019, 181, 154-159
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11869
The Impact of Low-Skill Refugees on Youth Education
Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11733
Education and Labor Market Consequences of Student Protests in Late 1970s and the Subsequent Military Coup in Turkey
Ahmet Ozturk, Semih Tumen
revised version published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 12:04
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11611
Immigration, Housing Rents, and Residential Segregation: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Elif Ozcan Tok, Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10751
Consumer Loan Response to Permanent Labor Income Shocks: Evidence from a Major Minimum Wage Increase
Ibrahim Ethem Guney, Yavuz Selim Hacihasanoglu, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10507
Do Vocational High School Graduates Have Better Employment Outcomes than General High School Graduates?
Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2019, 40(8), 1364-1388
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10401
Career Choice and the Strength of Weak Ties
Semih Tumen
published in: Central Bank Review, 2017, 17(3), 91-97
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10324
Entrepreneurship in the Shadows: Wealth Constraints and Government Policy
Semih Tumen
published in: Economics of Transition, 2017, 25(2), 239-270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10203
The Empirical Content of Season-of-Birth Effects: An Investigation with Turkish Data
Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: Demographic Research, 2017, 37, 1825-1860
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10116
Informality as a Stepping Stone: A Search-Theoretical Assessment of Informal Sector and Government Policy
Semih Tumen
published in: Central Bank Review, 2016, 16(3), 109-117
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10004
The Effects of Compulsory Military Service Exemption on Education and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: Economics of Education Review, 2016, 54, 16-35
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9993
Evaluating the Impact of the Post-2008 Employment Subsidy Program in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Yusuf Soner Baskaya, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9642
Immigration and Prices: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29(3), 657-686
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9573
Informal versus Formal Search: Which Yields a Better Pay?
Semih Tumen
published in: International Journal of Economic Theory, 2016, 12(3), 257-277
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9505
Social Interactions in Job Satisfaction
Semih Tumen, Tugba Zeydanli
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2016, 37(3), 426-455
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9473
A Theory of Intra-Firm Group Design
Semih Tumen
published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2016, 45(1), 89-102
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9455
Firm-Size Wage Gaps along the Formal-Informal Divide: Theory and Evidence
Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen
published in: Industrial Relations, 2016, 55(2), 235-266
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9348
The Impact of Syrian Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey: Evidence from a Quasi-Experimental Design
Evren Ceritoglu, H. Burcu Gurcihan Yunculer, Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2017, 6:5
IZA World of Labor Article
The use of natural experiments in migration research
Semih Tumen
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