Dr. Sinem Ayhan

Dr. Sinem Ayhan

Post-doc

Institute of Econometrics and Economic Statistics

Am Stadtgraben 9
48143 Münster

                                                     Raum 315
                                                     Tel.: +49 (0)251-83 25044
                                                      Fax: +49 (0)251-83 22012
                                                      sinem.ayhan@wiwi.uni-muenster.de

  • About

    Research areas

    • Labor economics
    • Household economics
    • Gender inequality
    • Applied microeconometrics
    • Policy evaluation

     Education

    • Ph.D. in Economics, University of Bologna, Italy, 07/2014
    • M.Sc. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 05/2008
    • B.Sc. in Economics, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Turkey, 07/2004

    Past academic position

    • Research Associate, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, Germany, 12/2014 - 10/2017

    Non-academic experience

    • Economist, Undersecretariat of Treasury, Ankara, Turkey, 12/2005 - 09/2010

    Awards

    • Second prize, Central Bank of Republic of Turkey Research Awards, 2015
    • Encouragement award, Central Bank of Republic of Turkey Research Awards, 2014
    • Marco Polo fellowship for young researchers, University of Bologna, 2013
    • Achievement grant, Turkish Economics Association, 2003-2004
    • Achievement grant, Alumni Association of Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences, 2002-2004

  • Teaching

    • Applied labor economics, 2018/2019, Winter Semester, [courselink]
    • Empirical methods, 2017/2018, Summer Semester
    • Introduction to Stata, 2017/2018, Winter Semester

  • Publications

    • Ayhan, S., Nikolova, M., 2018. Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?. Journal of Population Economics, pp. 1-44. 
    • Ayhan, S., 2017. Married women's added worker effect during the 2008 economic crisis - The case of Turkey. Review of Economics of the Household, pp. 1-24.
    • Ayhan, S., 2013. Do non-wage rigidities slow down employment? Evidence from Turkey. IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Vol. 2: 20.

  • Projects

    • Ayhan, S., Pelek, S., State dependence in welfare benefits in a non-welfare context. Working paper version: IZA discussion paper DP No. 9551, December 2015.
    • Ayhan, S., Gatskova, K., Lehmann, H., The impact of non-cognitive skills and economic preferences on internal migration. Working paper version:  IZA discussion paper DP No. 10982, September 2017.
    • Ayhan, S., Kunze, A., Motherhood wage penalty and childcare policies in Germany. Work-in-progress.