CURRICULUM VITAE

MEHTAP HISARCIKLILAR

 
February 2008 Address: ITU Faculty of Management Department of Management Engineering 34367 Macka Istanbul Phone: 0 212 2931300 – 2007 Fax: 0 212 2407260 e-mail: hisarciklilar@itu.edu.tr Date of Birth: 10.06.1974 Education History 1999-2004 University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Ph.D. in Economics Dissertation title: ‘Gender based discrimination in the Turkish labour market’ Supervisors: Prof. Andrew McKay, Dr. Peter Wright 1996-1999 Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey MA in Economics 1992-1996 Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey BSc. in Management Engineering Employment Record October 2005 - Assistant Prof., Quantitative Methods Division, Department of Management Engineering, ITU 2004 - 2005 Lecturer, Quantitative Methods Division, Department of Management Engineering, ITU 1997- 2004 Research Assistant, Quantitative Methods Division, Department of Management Engineering, ITU 2003 Research associate in a project on Chronic Poverty, University of Nottingham 2001-2002 Basic IT skills tutor, University of Nottingham 1999-2001 Teaching Assistant, A-level Microeconomics University of Nottingham 2000 Research associate (for 2 months) University of Nottingham Courses Taught: Undergraduate: Statistics I, Statistics II, Econometrics, Probability Theory, Principles of Microeconomics Graduate: Management Statistics, Statistics, Cross Section and Panel Data Econometrics Administrative Duties: 2006 - Departmental ECTS coordinator 2005 - Member of the departmental Socrates/Erasmus student exchange programme comission Research Interests: General: Labour Economics, International Economics, Development Economics Specific: Gender, Foreign Direct Investment, Poverty Statistical Packages Used: Stata, Eviews, Limdep, SPSS ACADEMIC STUDIES Publication (Journal Article) ‘Gender Based Wage Differentials in Turkey’ (with H. Ercan), Bilgi, 10, 2005/1. Publication (Chapter in Book) “Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Mediterranean Countries” (with M.Ö. Kayalıca, S.S. Kayam, and L. Özkale). In "Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement", ed. F. Prausello. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2006. “Educational Attainment and Household Characteristics in Turkey”. In “Yücel Candemir’e Armağan”, ed. E. Tokdemir, O. Guncavdi, S. Kucukcifti. Istanbul: Cenkler Matbaacılık, 2006. Participation at Academic Meetings “Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Mediterranean Countries” (with M.Ö. Kayalıca, S.S. Kayam, and L. Özkale). Final Conference concluding a Jean Monnet Project "Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement". Spetses Island, Greece. 3-5 July 2006. European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP) International Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland. 20-22 June 2006. “Foreign Direct Investment and Market Potential for MENA Countries” (with M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam). European Network on Industrial Policy (EUNIP) International Conference, University of Limerick, Ireland. 20-22 June 2006. “Locational Drivers of FDI in MENA Countries: A Spatial Attempt” (with M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam). International Workshop on Spatial Econometrics and Statistics, LUISS University, Rome, Italy. 25-27 May 2006. ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Development in MENA Countries’ (with A. Divarcı, M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam). Middle East and North African Economies: Past Perspectives and Future Challenges Conference, Free University of Brussels, Belgium. July 2005. ‘A censored regression model for the educational attainment of boys and girls in Turkey.’ ERC/METU International Conference in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 11-14 October 2002. ‘Differences in educational attainment of boys and girls in Turkey.’ PhD Conference in Business and Economics, University of Western Australia, Perth. 7-9 November 2001. ‘A new definition for money supply: Currency equivalent.’ (with B. Ulengin). National Econometrics and Statistics Symposium, Bursa, Turkey. May 1997 Academic Meetings - Other Participant in the ‘Spatial Econometrics Course’ instructed by James P. LeSage and organised by Centro de Estudos da União Europeia (CEUNEUROP), Grupo Estudos Monetários e Financeiros (GEMF), University of Coimbra. University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 10-11 March 2006. Participant in the ‘1st Teaching Workshop on Environmental Economics for the Middle East and North Africa’ organised by The Ecological and Environmental Economics (EEE) Programme and the Middle East and North Africa Network of Environmental Economists (MENANEE). The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 5-16 December 2005. Working Papers ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Development in MENA Countries.’ (with A. Divarcı, M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam), Discussion Papers in ITU Management Engineering, April 2005. ‘How many chronically poor people are there in the world? Some preliminary estimates.’ (with A. McKay, B. Baulch, and D. Lawson). Chronic Poverty Research Centre Working Paper, No: 45. ‘Determinants of tourist arrivals in Turkey: Panel data approach.’ (with B. Ulengin). Discussion Papers in ITU Management Engineering, September 1997. Projects: TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Institution) project: National Career Development Programme for Young Researchers: ‘Turkish Direct Investment Abroad, Motives and Mode of Entry: A Micro Data Analysis’ (with S.S. Kayam, and M.Ö. Kayalıca). Project length: 41 months. Jean Monnet Project: ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Growth in Mediterranean Countries’ (with L. Özkale, M.Ö. Kayalıca and S.S. Kayam). This work is a part of a project titled ‘Development of MEDA Countries after the Barcelona Process’ and is directed by Prof. F. Prausello (Genoa University, Italy). The project is supported by the Jean Monnet Action and Transnational Research Group "Sustainable Development and Adjustment in the MEDA Countries Following the EU Enlargement". Completed. ITU 1st Strategic Plan Project: ‘F19 – Designing an education satisfaction index’ (with B. Ülengin, B. Arslantaş, A. C. Kutlu, and S. Kılınç). Completed. Current Research Interests and Papers Under Review: ‘A censored regression model for the educational attainment of boys and girls in Turkey.’ (With A. McKay and P. Wright) ‘Family background characteristics and the school enrolment of boys and girls in Turkey’. (with A. McKay and P. Wright) ‘Labour force participation and wage discrimination in the Turkish Labour Market’ (with A. McKay and P. Wright) ‘An empirical assesment of the impact of trade on employment in the Turkish manufacturing industry’ (with O. Guncavdi, H. Levent) ‘Birth Order, Sibling Composition and the Educational Achievement of children within the family’ (with G. Koc) ‘Income convergence in CIS Countries’ (with S.S. Kayam and D. Aliyev) ‘Factors influencing the regional distribution of FDI in Russian Federation’ (with S.S. Kayam) ‘Foreign Direct Investment and Investment Development Path for Turkey’ (with A. Divarcı, M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam). ‘Modelling Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey: Comparison of Gravity and Economic Potential Models’ (with G. İbili, M.Ö. Kayalıca, and S.S. Kayam). Grants and Awards • Financial support to participate in the 1st Teaching Workshop in Environmental Economics, The Abdus Salam International Center on Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, December 2005. • PhD scholarship, Turkish Higher Education Council, 1999-2003 • Grant covering two thirds of the tuition fee for PhD education, University of Nottingham, 2000-2003 • Financial support to participate in ERC/METU Conference in Economics, University of Nottingham, 2002 • Financial support to participate in PhD Conference in Business and Economics, University of Western Australia and University of Nottingham, 2001. mailto:hisarciklilar@itu.edu.trshapeimage_1_link_0