Published Papers (by topic)
Migration & Refugees
- M. B. Gökçe and M. G. Kırdar (2025) “The Effects of Civil War and Forced Migration on Intimate Partner Violence among Syrian Refugee Women in Jordan,” World Development 196, 107189.
- A. D. Foster, M. B. Gökçe, and M. G. Kırdar (2024) “Intergenerational Power Shift and the Rise of Non-arranged Marriages among Refugees,” Demography 61(5), 1427–1454.
- M. Demirci, A. D. Foster, and M. G. Kırdar (2024) “Child Growth and Refugee Status: Evidence from Syrian Migrants in Turkey,” Journal of Demographic Economics 90(3), 486–520.
- A. Aygün, M. G. Kırdar, M. Koyuncu, and Q. Stoeffler (2024) “Keeping Refugee Children in School and Out of Work: Evidence from the World's Largest Humanitarian Cash Transfer Program,” Journal of Development Economics 168, 103266.
- M. G. Kırdar, İ. Koç, and M. Dayıoğlu (2023) “School Integration of Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey,” Labour Economics 85, 102448.
- S. Çakır, E. Erbay, and M. G. Kırdar (2023) “Syrian Refugees and Human Capital Accumulation of Working-age Native Children in Turkey,” Journal of Human Capital 17(4), 557–592.
- M. Dayıoğlu, M. G. Kırdar, and İ. Koç (2023) “The Making of a Lost Generation: Child Labor among Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” International Migration Review.
- Y. E. Akgündüz, Y. K. Bağır, S. M. Cilasun, and M. G. Kırdar (2023) “Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure,” Journal of Development Economics 162, 103081.
- M. Demirci and M. G. Kırdar (2023) “Labor Market Integration of Syrian Refugees in Turkey,” World Development 162, 106138.
- E. Aksu, R. Erzan, and M. G. Kırdar (2022) “The Impact of Mass Migration of Syrians on the Turkish Labor Market,” Labour Economics 76, 102183.
- D. T. Aracı, M. Demirci, and M. G. Kırdar (2022) “Development Level of Hosting Areas and the Impact of Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes in Turkey,” European Economic Review 145, 104132.
- M. G. Kırdar, I. Lopez Cruz, and B. Türküm (2022) “The Effect of 3.6 Million Refugees on Crime,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 194, 568–582.
- A. Aygün, M. G. Kırdar, and B. Tuncay (2021) “The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on Native Population Mortality,” Journal of Health Economics 80, 102534.
- A. Akay, A. Brausmann, S. Djajic, and M. G. Kırdar (2021) “Purchasing-Power-Parity and the Saving Behavior of Temporary Migrants,” European Economic Review 134, 103682.
- A. Aydemir and M. G. Kırdar (2017) “Quasi-Experimental Impact Estimates of Immigrant Labor Supply Shocks: The Effect of Treatment and Comparison Group Matching and Relative Skill Composition,” European Economic Review 98, 282–315.
- S. Djajic, M. G. Kırdar, and A. Vinogradova (2016) “Source-Country Earnings and Emigration,” Journal of International Economics 99, 46–67.
- M. G. Kırdar (2013) “Source Country Characteristics and Immigrants' Optimal Migration Duration Decision,” IZA Journal of Migration 2:8.
- M. G. Kırdar (2012) “Estimating the Impact of Immigrants on the Host Country Social Security System When Return Migration is an Endogenous Choice,” International Economic Review 53(2), 453–486.
- M. G. Kırdar (2009) “Labor Market Outcomes, Savings Accumulation and Return Migration,” Labour Economics 16(4), 418–428.
- M. G. Kırdar and Ş. Saraçoğlu (2008) “Migration and Regional Convergence: An Empirical Investigation for Turkey,” Papers in Regional Science 87(4), 545–567.
Education
- R. Assaad, A. Aydemir, M. Dayıoğlu, and M. G. Kırdar (2026) “Wage Returns to Human Capital Resulting from an Extra Year of Primary School: Evidence from Egypt,” Economics of Education Review 111, 102760.
- P. Akyol and M. G. Kırdar (2022) “Compulsory Schooling Reform and Intimate Partner Violence in Turkey,” European Economic Review 150, 104313.
- M. Dayıoğlu and M. G. Kırdar (2022) “Keeping Kids in School and Out of Work: Compulsory Schooling and Child Labor in Turkey,” Journal of Human Capital 16(4), 526–555.
- A. Aydemir, M. G. Kırdar, and H. Torun (2022) “The Effect of Education on Internal Migration of Young Men and Women: Incidence, Timing, and Type of Migration,” Labour Economics 74, 102098.
- M. G. Kırdar, M. Dayıoğlu, and İ. Koç (2018) “The Effects of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey,” Journal of Human Capital 12(4), 640–668.
- A. Aydemir and M. G. Kırdar (2017) “Low Wage Returns to Schooling in a Developing Country: Evidence from a Major Policy Reform in Turkey,” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 79(6), 1046–1086.
- M. G. Kırdar, M. Dayıoğlu, and İ. Koç (2016) “Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?” World Bank Economic Review 30(3), 549–579.
- M. Dayıoğlu, M. G. Kırdar, and A. Tansel (2009) “Impact of Sibship Size, Birth Order, and Sex Composition on School Enrollment in Urban Turkey,” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 71(3), 399–426.
- M. G. Kırdar (2009) “Explaining Ethnic Disparities in School Enrollment in Turkey,” Economic Development and Cultural Change 57(2), 297–333.
Female Labor Force Participation
- İ. Tunalı, M. G. Kırdar, and M. Dayıoğlu (2021) “Down and up the “U” — A Synthetic Cohort (Panel) Analysis of Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey, 1988–2013,” World Development 146, 105609.
Wages, Income and Consumption
- M. G. Kırdar and O. Ekşi (2015) “Emek Gelirlerinin ve Eşitsizliğinin Türkiye için bir Analizi: 2002–2011,” İktisat, İşletme ve Finans 30(353), 9–44.
- S. M. Cilasun and M. G. Kırdar (2015) “Durable and Nondurable Consumption, Health and Education Expenditures over the Life-Cycle in Turkey,” METU Studies in Development 42(2), 247–270.
- S. M. Cilasun and M. G. Kırdar (2013) “Household Structure, Household Income and its Components over the Life-cycle in Turkey,” İktisat, İşletme ve Finans 28(328), 89–116.
- S. M. Cilasun and M. G. Kırdar (2009) “Türkiye'deki Hanehalklarının Gelir, Tüketim ve Tasarruf Davranışlarının Yatay Kesitlerle Bir Analizi,” İktisat, İşletme ve Finans 24(280), 9–46.
Book Chapters
- M. Dayıoğlu and M. G. Kırdar (2022) “İşgücü Piyasasına Erişim: Demografik Gruplar Bazında Bir İnceleme,” in Refah Ekonomisi ve Eşitsizlik. Ed. Ö. F. Çolak and L. A. Özalp (Efil Yayınevi, Ankara), pp. 45–68.
- A. Aydemir and M. G. Kırdar (2015) “Integration of 1989 Repatriates from Bulgaria to the Turkish Labor Market,” in Waves of Diversity: Socio-Political Implications of International Migration in Turkey. Ed. A. B. Karaçay, D. Ş. Sert, and Z. G. Göker (Isis Yayınevi, Istanbul), pp. 29–55.
- M. G. Kırdar (2013) “Turkey: Migration and Remittances, 1960s to Present,” in The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration. Ed. Immanuel Ness. Wiley-Blackwell.
- M. Dayıoğlu and M. G. Kırdar (2010) “Determinants of and Trends in Labor Force Participation of Women in Turkey,” State Planning Organization of the Republic of Turkey and World Bank, Welfare and Social Policy Analytical Work Program, Working Paper No. 5, Ankara.
- M. G. Kırdar and Ş. Saraçoğlu (2006) “İç Göç, Bölgesel Yakınsama Sorunu ve Ekonomik Büyüme: Türkiye Örneği,” in Ekonomik Büyümenin Dinamikleri ve İstihdam. Ed. Bilin Neyaptı. Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu (İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara), pp. 111–132.