Date: September 10th 2020 to September 11th 2020
Time: Day 1: 13.50 - 18.00, Day 2: 14.00 - 19:10 BST (GMT+1)
The European Institute and the Systemic Risk Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science jointly organised a workshop on Political Economy of Turkey. The workshop provided a platform for researchers and policymakers to discuss new research and to identify areas where further academic and policy-oriented work is needed.
Programme: The full programme is available here.
The workshop features a keynote speech by Professor Sule Alan (European University Institute, J-PAL, IPA & Character Lab).
Presentations available for download
*presenting author
Building Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Schools: An Intervention on Perspective Taking
Sule Alan (EUI), Ceren Baysan (Essex), Mert Gumren (Koç) & Elif Kubilay (Essex)*
Mixing in Early Childhood: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Semih Tumen (TED)*, Michael Vlassopoulos (Southampton), Jackline Wahba (Southampton) & Yves Zenou (Monash)
Female Employment and Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from Syrian Refugee Inflows to Turkey
Bilge Erten (Northeastern)* & Pinar Keskin (Wellesley)
Assessing the Impact of Irrigation on PKK Recruitment in South-eastern Turkey
Ollie Ballinger (Oxford)*
Institutional Gridlock and Democratic Backsliding: Explaining Popular Support for Aspiring Autocrats
Serkant Adiguzel (Duke)*
Charismatic Leaders and Nation Building: Ataturk’s Role in the Formation of Turkish Identity
Lydia Assouad (PSE)*
Discriminatory Lending: Evidence from Bankers in the Lab
Michelle Brock (EBRD)* & Ralph De Haas (EBRD)
Segregation of Syrian refugees in Turkey: Evidence from mobile phone data
Simone Bertoli (Clermont), Caglar Ozden (World Bank)* & Michael Packard (Georgetown)
Programme Committee:
Cevat Giray Aksoy (EBRD, King’s College London, LSE & IZA)
Paul De Grauwe (LSE, CEPR & CESifo)
Selva Demiralp (Koç University)
Asli Demirguc-Kunt (World Bank)
Refet Gurkaynak (Bilkent University, CEPR & CESifo)
Timur Kuran (Duke University)
Adeel Malik (University of Oxford)
Berkay Ozcan (LSE)
Dani Rodrik (Harvard University, CEPR, CESifo, IZA & NBER)
Orkun Saka (University of Sussex, LSE & SRC)
Waltraud Schelkle (LSE)
