Murat Güray Kirdar

Research Fellow

Bogazici University

mkirdar@ku.edu.tr

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Research Interests

Murat G. Kırdar is a professor at the economics department of Bogazici University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004.

His research interests lie in the areas of labor and demographic economics and development economics. He is particularly interested in the economics of immigration and economics of education.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in April 2010.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14716

School Integration of Refugee Children: Evidence from the Largest Refugee Group in Any Country

Murat Güray Kirdar, Ismet Koc, Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur

published as 'School Integration of Syrian Refugee Children in Turkey' in: Labour Economics, 2023, 85 102448.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14647

The Effect of 3.6 Million Refugees on Crime

Murat Güray Kirdar, Ivan Lopez Cruz, Betül Türküm

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2022, 194, 568 - 582

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14513

Keeping Refugee Children in School and Out of Work: Evidence from the World's Largest Humanitarian Cash Transfer Program

Aysun Hızıroğlu Aygün, Murat Güray Kirdar, Murat Koyuncu, Quentin Stoeffler

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 168, 103266.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14466

The Making of a Lost Generation: Child Labor among Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Meltem Dayioglu-Tayfur, Murat Güray Kirdar, Ismet Koc

published online in: International Migration Review; May 3, 2023

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14267

Development Level of Hosting Areas and the Impact of Refugees on Natives' Labor Market Outcomes

Doğu Tan Aracı, Murat Demirci, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 145, 104132.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14013

The Effect of Education on Geographic Mobility: Incidence, Timing, and Type of Migration

Abdurrahman B. Aydemir, Murat Güray Kirdar, Huzeyfe Torun

published as 'The effect of education on internal migration of young men and women: incidence, timing, and type of migration' in: Labour Economics, 2022, 74, 102098

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14001

Does Education Really Cause Domestic Violence? Replication and Reappraisal of "For Better or For Worse? Education and the Prevalence of Domestic Violence in Turkey"

Pelin Akyol, Murat Güray Kirdar

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13953

Consequences of a Massive Refugee Influx on Firm Performance and Market Structure

Yusuf Emre Akgündüz, Yusuf Kenan Bağır, Seyit Mümin Cilasun, Murat Güray Kirdar

published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2023, 162, 103081.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13627

The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on the Health System in Turkey and Infant, Child, and Elderly Mortality among Natives

Aysun Hızıroğlu Aygün, Murat Güray Kirdar, Berna Tuncay

published as 'The Effect of Hosting 3.4 Million Refugees on Native Population Mortality' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 80, 102534

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13276