Semih Tumen

Department of Economics

University of Chicago

1101 E 58th St, Rosenwald Hall

Chicago, IL 60637

[ C.V. ] (November 2009)

Education

PhD Economics, University of Chicago (2006 - 2010) - expected

MA Economics, University of Chicago (2006 - 2007)

MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics (2005 - 2006)

Fields of Interest

Primary: Labor Economics, Microeconometrics, Search and Matching

Secondary: Family Economics, Growth, International Trade, Political Economy, Contract Theory

Honors and Awards

University of Chicago Unendowed Fellowship

London School of Economics Graduate Merit Award

Research Experience

Research Assistantship for James J. Heckman, University of Chicago (July 2007 - present)

Research in Progress

Semiparametric Identification in a Dynamic Schooling Choice Model with Recurrent States [pdf]

Social Interactions in a Sequential Job Search Model [pdf]

Essays on Labor Markets and Social Interactions (dissertation - content coming soon)

Product Market Regulations and International Trade [pdf]

Polygyny, Fertility and Health [pdf]

Comparative Advantage in Child Rearing [pdf]

Entrepreneurial Development [pdf]

Regulation and the Market for Checks [ pdf ] - under review

Hedonic Pricing with Nash Bargaining [pdf]

A Hedonic Approach to the Quantity-Quality Theory [ pdf ] - under review

Equilibrium Analysis of the Household Sector [pdf]

Presentations and Invited Talks

6th ECB/CEPR Labour Market Workshop, Frankfurt/GERMANY (December 2009)

International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics, Xiamen University, Xiamen/CHINA (December 2009)

Teaching Experience

University of Chicago

Econ260 (U) - Introduction to Public Finance (Autumn 2008) - with Sebastien Gay

Econ201 (U) - Elements of Economic Analysis (Winter 2009) - with Sebastien Gay

Econ350 (PhD) - Life Cycle Dynamics and Inequality (Winter 2009) - with James J. Heckman

Econ374 (PhD) - Analysis of Micro Data III (Spring 2009) - with James J. Heckman

Econ210 (U) - Econometrics A (Spring 2009) - with Sebastien Gay

Middle East Technical University

(PhD) Labor Market Economics (Spring 2010) - [ syllabus ] (preliminary)

Professional Affiliations and Service

Member of the American Economic Association and the Econometric Society

Referee for Journal of Human Capital