POSITIONS HELD CURRICULUM VITAE Ayşe Burça KIZILIRMAK YAKIŞIR Professor, Department of Economics Faculty of Political Science Ankara University, Ankara, TURKEY E-mail: burca@politics.ankara.edu.tr Web page: http://80.251.40.59/politics.ankara.edu.tr/burca/ Phone: (+90) 312 595 12 85 Fax: (+90) 312 319 77 36 Professor, Department of Economics, Ankara University March 2015 - Present Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Ankara University February 2010 - March 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ankara University September 2004 - February 2010 Lecturer, Department of Economics, Ankara University October 2002 - September 2004 Research and teaching assistant, Department of Economics, Ankara University October 1993 - October 2002 DEGREES Ankara University, Institute for Social Science, Ph.D. in Economics, 2002. Ankara University, Institute for Social Science, MA in Economics, 1996. Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, B.Sc. in Public Finance, 1992. DISSERTATIONS Capital Account Liberalization and its Effects on the Economy in Turkey, MA Thesis, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ercan Uygur. Wage Inequality: An Analysis for Turkey, Ph.D. Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ercan Uygur. RESEARCH INTERESTS Labour Economics, Income Distribution, Gender Economics
PUBLICATIONS Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals Changes in Global Trade Patterns and Women's Employment in Manufacturing, 1995 2011 (Dürdane Şirin Saraçoğlu, Emel Memiş and Ebru Voyvoda), Feminist Economics, 24(3), 2018, pp. 1-28. Subcontracting and Firm Characteristics: Evidence from Two New Local Industrial Districts in Turkey., (with Dürdane Şirin Saraçoğlu), METU Studies in Development, 43, 2016, pp.635-669. Poverty and Intra-Household Distribution of Work Time in Turkey: Analysis and Some Policy Implications (with Emel Memiş and Umut Öneş), Women's Studies International Forum, 41, 2013, pp. 55 64. "Determinants of Duration of Unemployment Benefits" (with Hasan Şahin), Applied Economics Letters, 14 (8), 611-615, (2007). "Demand for Skilled Labor and Total Factor Productivity in Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries: 1988-1998 (in Turkish), İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 20(229), 2005, pp.105-114. "Form of the Production Function in Turkish Manufacturing Industries" (with Hasan Şahin) Ekonomicky Casopis / Journal of Economics, 52(5), 2004, pp.635-643. "Financial System and Economic Development: The Experience of East Asian Countries" İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 14(158), May 1999, pp. 39-47 (in Turkish). Edited Volume Avrupa Birliği: Temel Konular (with. Ç. Erhan and C. Arslan), İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2007 Book Chapters Housewifisation of Women: Contextualising Gendered Patterns of Paid and Unpaid Work (with Emel Memiş and Umut Öneş), Gender and Society in Turkey, ed. S. Dedeoğlu and A. Y. Elveren, I.B. Tauris, London, 2012. Labour Market Participation Decisions of Married Women: Evidence from Turkey, Globalization and Development: A Handbook of New Perspective, ed. A. Deshpande, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008. Theories of Economic Integration and the European Union, Avrupa Birliği: Temel Konular, ed. Ç. Erhan, A. B. Kızılırmak, C. Arslan, İmaj Yayınevi, Ankara, 2007 (in Turkish). "The Effect of International Trade on Employment in the Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries", Ekonomik Büyümenin Dinamikleri ve İstihdam: Kaynaklar ve Etkiler, ed. B. Neyaptı, 133-147, Turkish Economic Association, Ankara, 2006 (in Turkish). Working Papers Kızılırmak, Burça, Emel Memiş, Şirin Saraçoğlu and Ebru Voyvoda, Changes in Global Trade Patterns and Women's Employment in Manufacturing: an Analysis over the Period of Asianization and De-industrialization, Turkish Economic Association Working Papers, No. 2014/1, (2014). http://www.tek.org.tr/dosyalar/kmsv_wp.pdf Kızılırmak, A. B., "The Effect of International Trade on Employment in the Turkish Private Manufacturing Industries", Turkish Economic Association Working Papers, No. 2012/76 (2012) (in Turkish). http://www.tek.org.tr/dosyalar/buyume8.pdf Kizilirmak, B., and E. Memis, The unequal burden of poverty on time use, Levy Economics Institute Working paper No. 572, (2009). http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_572.pdf "Explaining Wage Inequality: Evidence from Turkey" Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Discussion Papers No. 57, June 2003. "Form of the Production Function in Turkish Manufacturing Industries" (with Hasan Şahin) Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences Discussion Papers No. 55, April 2003.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS Burça Kızılırmak Gender Differences in Paid Work, Unpaid Work and Discretionary Time in Turkey, The Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS) 4th Annual Conference "150 Years of Workers Struggles within Canada and Beyond: Legacies of the Past and Trajectories for the Future" as part of The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, May, 27 June, 2, 2017, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. (http://cawls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cawls17-program_updated.pdf) Burça Kızılırmak, "Gender Differences in Unpaid Work, Paid Work And Discretionary Time In Turkey", Centre for Feminist Research, co-sponsored by Gender and Work, York University, May, 27, 2017 Toronto, Kanada. Burça Kızılırmak,"Gender Inequality at Work in Turkey in Comparison with Canada", presentation for Turkish Community Heritage Centre of Canada/Türk Toplum Merkezî, March, 8, 2017, Toronto, Kanada. Burça Kızılırmak, Emel Memiş, Şirin Saraçoğlu and Ebru Voyvoda, Sanayisizleşen Kuzeyin Ardından Asyalılaşan Güney: İmalat Sanayinde Dış Ticaret ve Üretim Yapısındaki Dönüşümün İstihdam Etkileri Türkiye Ekonomisi Çalıştayı: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Dünü, Bugünü, Yarını Yakup Kepenek e ve Oktar Türel e Armağan, 25-26 April 2013, METU Northern Cyprus Campus. (http://kkk.odtu.edu.tr/upload/duyuru_images/tr-ekon-program.pdf) Emel Memiş and Burça Kızılırmak, Yoksulluk ve Karşılıksız Emeğin Ev İçi Dağılımı: Türkiye de Zaman Kullanımı Verisinin Gösterdikleri, Ekonomik Kriz, Yoksulluk Ve Zaman Kullanımı, 26-27 March, 2012, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara Turkey. (http://econ.politics.ankara.edu.tr/poverty/konferansprogram.pdf ) Emel Memiş and Burça Kızılırmak, Income poverty and intra-household allocation of unpaid work: analysis of time use by couples in Turkey, Measuring and Mapping Activities: 33rd Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research, 1-3 August 2011, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Burça Kızılırmak, Emel Memiş, Şirin Saraçoğlu and Ebru Voyvoda, The Effects of Changes in the Patterns of Production and Trade Relations on Female Employment Anadolu Uluslararası İktisat Kongresi, 15-17 June 2011, Eskişehir, Turkey. (http://www.econanadolu.org/en/files/2011/swf/econanadolu2011program.swf) Emel Memiş and Burça Kızılırmak, The Unequal Burden of Poverty on Time Use, New Approaches and Results in Time Use Research: 31st Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research, 23-25 September 2009, Lüneburg, Germany. (http://ffb.unilueneburg.de/iatur2009). Burça Kızılırmak, Labor Market Participation Decisions of Married Women: Evidence from Turkey Annual Conference for Development and Change, 1-4 December 2005, Neemrana India. (http://www.policyinnovations.org/calendar/data/acdc_2005) Burça Kızılırmak, Labor Market Participation Decisions of Married Women: Evidence from Turkey, ESPRU/CHILD Workshop on Discrete Choice Labour Supply Models, 8-10 December 2005, Galway, Ireland. (http://www.child-centre.it/varie/esprutimetable.pdf) Burça Kızılırmak, Türkiye'de Dış Ticaretin İstihdam Üzerindeki Etkisi, Türkiye Ekonomi Kurumu 13. Ulusal İktisat Sempozyumu: Ekonomik Büyümenin Dinamikleri ve İstihdam, 29-30 September 2005, Mersin, Turkey. (http://www.tek.org.tr/toplanti.php) Kızılırmak, A. B. and H. Şahin, International Trade and Labor Demand Elasticities: Evidence from Turkey Conference on Modelling The Labour Market: Realities and Prospects, 31 October, Athens, Greece, 2003. (http://www.paep.org.gr) Kızılırmak, A. B. and H. Şahin, International Trade and Labor Demand Elasticities: Evidence from Turkey ERC/METU International Conference on Economics/VII, 6-9 September, Ankara Turkey, 2003. (http://www.erc.metu.edu.tr/kongre2003/kongre.php?lang=eng&icerik=onprogram)
Kızılırmak, A. B. and H. Şahin, Form of the Production Function in Turkish Manufacturing Industries, ERC/METU International Conference on Economics/VI, 11-14 September Ankara, Turkey, 2002. (http://www.erc.metu.edu.tr/kongre2002/kongre.php?lang=eng&icerik=onprogram) Kızılırmak Üçkaya, A. B., Financial System and Economic Development: The Experience of East Asian Countries (in Turkish) ERC/METU International Conference on Economics/II, 9-12 September, Ankara, Turkey, 1998. (http://www.econ.metu.edu.tr/erc/sesions98.html). OTHER CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Participant, Workshop on Gender Budgeting: A Survey of Experiences and Policy Implications April, 4, 2017, Institute for Gender and the Economy, Rotman School of Management, Toronto, Kanada. Conference Co-Organizer and Planner, Time Use Research and Well-Being: Past, Present and Future: 33rd Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research, 5-7 August 2015 and pre-conference workshop on International Workshop on Time Use Research for Policy Advocacy and Analysis, 04 August 2015, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey Discussant, Wage Inequality in Turkey, Workshop on Employment and Equity Program, 17-21 June 2015, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. (http://spaum.politics.ankara.edu.tr/?p=1453) Conference Co-Organizer and Planner, Ekonomik Kriz, Yoksulluk Ve Zaman Kullanımı, 26-27 March, 2012, Ankara Üniversitesi, Ankara Turkey. Session Chair, Volunteering Measuring and Mapping Activities: 33rd Conference of the International Association for Time Use Research, 1 3 August 2011, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Panel Moderator, Ekonomik Krizin Türkiye nin Dış Ticaretine Etkileri Küresel Ekonomik Krizin Balkan Ülkelerine Ve Türkiye nin Dış Ticaretine Etkileri, 18 December 2009, European Research Center, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Participant, Cambridge Advanced Programme on Rethinking Development Economics (organized by the Development Studies Committee at the University of Cambridge and financed by the Ford Foundation), Corpus Christi College/University Centre, Cambridge, UK, 4-21 July, 2007. Participant, Workshop On Reclaiming Development in the Age of Financial Globalization (organized by International Development Economics Associates IDEAs- and Turkish Social Sciences Association -TSSA), Bilkent University, Ankara 31 August 3 September, 2005 Discussant, Gender and Trade in East Africa: The Case of Tanzanian Cut Flowers (Kessy, Flora) International Conference Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics, 20-22 June, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2004. Participant, Summer Course on "Knowledge Networking Program on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics, (organized and funded by the International Working Group On Gender, Macroeconomics and International Economics, GEM- IWG), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 3-18 June 2004. Participant, Seminar on "Recent Developments in NATO", organized and funded by NATO, Brussels, Belgium, 29 January - 3 February 2003. Participant, Informative tour on "European Union, European Economic and Monetary Union and Euro, (organized and funded by Representation of the European Commission to Turkey, Brussels, Belgium, 24-28 January, 2000. Participant, Training programme on Actuarial and Social Expenditure Modeling, International Labour Organisation, Turin, Italy, 02/19/1996-03/1/1996.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Macro Economics I, II Master's course (2005-present) Econometrics I (2006-present) Research Methodology - Ankara Univ. ATAUM EU Training Program (2006-2007) Income Distribution and Inequality 4th year course (2004) Econometrics I Master's course (2004) Mathematics for Economists I Master's course (2003-2005) Statistics 2nd year course (2002-2004) Mathematical Economics 3rd year course (2002-2005) Seminars on Economics Master's course (2002-) Statistics 2nd year course (2002-2004) Seminars on Economics (Economic Theory) 4th year course (1999-) Mathematics for Economists I, II 1st year course (1998-2004, 2007) RESEARCH ABROAD Visiting research fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, Aug.2000 Aug.2001. Visiting Scholar, Centre for Feminist Research at York University, Toronto, Canada, Aug 2016-July 2017. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS International Association for Time Use Research (IATUR) Turkish Economic Association The International Working Group On Gender, Macroeconomics And International Economics (GEM- IWG) The Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies (CAWLS) AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (2008) Member of the administrative board of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Political Science (Mülkiyeliler Birliği) (2004-2006) Representative of research and teaching assistants of Faculty of Political Science of Ankara University at the university level (2001-2002). Sasakawa Fellowships for Master's and Ph.D. students (1993-1998). ADMINISTRATIVE WORK Department Chair, Department of Economics, Ankara University (2015-2016) Deputy Director, European Research Center, Ankara University (2006-2011) Vice Chair, Department of Economics, Ankara University (2005-2007)