Murat Iyigun

Research Fellow

University of Colorado, Boulder

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Murat Iyigun is the Stanford Calderwood Chair in Economics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His main research interests lie in the areas of the economics of the family, development economics, political economy and cliometrics.

Murat Iyigun received his Ph.D. in economics from Brown University in 1995. Prior to joining the University of Colorado in August 2000, he was a staff economist at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, USA. His research has been published in a variety of outlets including Quarterly Journal of Economics, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies and International Economic Review. His general interest book, War, Peace and Prosperity in the Name of God was published by The University of Chicago Press in 2015.

Professor Iyigun joined IZA as a Research Fellow in September 2005.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 18093
Trapped in Purgatory? The Impact of Divorce Laws on Women’s Welfare with Separation
Paula Calvo, Murat Iyigun, Jeanne Lafortune
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16674
Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis
Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun, Austin Kennedy, Jared Rubin
published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2026, 141 (1), February, 263-314.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11954
A Theory of Conservative Revivals
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin, Avner Seror
published as 'A Theory of Cultural Revivals' in: European Economic Review, 2021, 135, 103-134.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11189
The Long-Run Effects of Agricultural Productivity on Conflict, 1400-1900
Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10703
The Ideological Roots of Institutional Change
Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10475
Winter is Coming: The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict, 1400-1900
Murat Iyigun, Nathan Nunn, Nancy Qian
published in: AEA Papers & Proceedings, 114, May, 80-83.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9671
Why Wait? A Century of Education, Marriage Timing and Gender Roles
Murat Iyigun, Jeanne Lafortune
published as 'Putting the Husband Through: Role of Credit Constraints in Timing of Marriage and Spousal Education' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2023, 41 (1), 245–289
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7398
What Did the Old Poor Law Really Accomplish? A Redux
Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun
IZA Discussion Paper No. 7377
Social Organizations, Violence & Modern Growth
Avner Greif, Murat Iyigun
published in: American Economic Review, 2013, 103 (3), 534-538
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6934
Are We There Yet? Time for Checks and Balances on New Institutionalism
Murat Iyigun
published in: Annual Proceedings of the Wealth & Well-Being of Nations, 2013, 5, 73-84
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