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Murat Güray Kirdar

Murat Güray Kirdar

Research Fellow

Koc University

mkirdar@ku.edu.tr

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education fertility Immigration marriage migrant workers refugees

Murat G. Kırdar is a professor at the economics department of Koc University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.

His research interests lie in the areas of labor and demographic economics and development economics. He is particularly interested in the economics of immigration and economics of education.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2010.

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IZA Discussion Paper No. 17871

Breaking Barriers via Refugees: Cultural Transmission and Women’s Economic Empowerment

Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Güray Kirdar, Belgi Turan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17284

The Effects of Civil War and Forced Migration on Intimate Partner Violence among Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan

Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17249

Intergenerational Effects of Compulsory Schooling Reform on Early Childhood Development in a Middle-Income Country

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Pelin Akyol, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16770

Propagation of Immigration Shocks through Firm-to-Firm Trade Networks

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16348

Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-arranged Marriages among Refugees

Andrew Foster, Merve Betül Gökçe, Murat Güray Kirdar

published as 'Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Nonarranged Marriages Among Refugees' in: Demography, 2024, 61 (5), 1427 - 1454

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16328

Maternal Education and Early Child Development: The Roles of Parental Support for Learning, Learning Materials, and Father Characteristics

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Pelin Akyol, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16037

Wage Returns to Human Capital Resulting from an Extra Year of Primary School: Evidence from Egypt

Ragui Assaad, Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2026, vol. 111, April 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2026.102760

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15819

Child Growth and Refugee Status: Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey

Murat Demirci, Andrew Foster, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14973

The Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: World Development, 2023, 162, 106138

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14972

Syrian Refugees and Human Capital Accumulation of Native Children in Turkey

Selcen Çakır, Elif Erbay, Murat Güray Kirdar

published as 'Syrian Refugees and Human Capital Accumulation of Working-age Native Children in Turkey' in: Journal of Human Capital, 2023, 17(4), 557-592.