Research Interests
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel is the Killam Professor and Maxwell Chair of Economics at Dalhousie University, Canada. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Houston in 2009 and her B.S. in Economics from METU, Turkey, in 2004. Her research focuses on Labor Economics, Development Economics, and Health Economics, with a particular emphasis on how childhood environments, armed conflict, educational policies, and health interventions shape long-term outcomes in education, labor markets, and health.
She joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in March 2008 and became a Research Fellow in December 2011.
IZA Publications
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17871
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17828
Mevlude Akbulut-Yuksel, Zhuo Zhang, Weina Zhou
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15838
published in: Journal of Development Studies, 2023, 59 (4), 516-532
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15335
published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2024, 43 (2), 472-508
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13925
published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2021, 106, 102404.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13795
revised version published as 'Expressway to Votes: Infrastructure Projects and Voter Persuasion' in: Economic Journal, 2024, 134 (657), 48-94.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12898
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12381
published in: Economic Record, 2019, 95 (310), 279-300
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10830
published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 49, 145-161
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10807
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 53, 117–130.
