University of Massachusetts Amherst

FIDAN ANA KURTULUS

Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
University of Massachusetts
912 Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA  01003
Tel:  (413) 545-2512
Fax: (413) 545-2921
fidan@econs.umass.edu

NOTE: I am visiting Rutgers University as a Beyster Fellow during the 2009-2010 Academic Year.

Curriculum Vitae
Papers

EDUCATION
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Ph.D. in Economics, January 2008
Dissertation Title: "The Organization of Workers within Firms"
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
B.A. in Economics with Departmental and General Honors, June 2000
Honors Thesis: "Substitution Effects and the Growth in Fertility in the United States: 1936-1957"
Suncoast Magnet High School, Riviera Beach, FL
Diploma, June 1996

FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Labor Economics, Economics of Organizations, Personnel Economics, Applied Econometrics, Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics

ACADEMIC PAPERS
"An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority" (with Jed L. DeVaro), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming.
"The Effect of Heterogeneity on the Performance of Employees and Organizational Divisions of the Firm", November 2008, revise and resubmit.
"Do Women Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records", August 2009 (with Don Tomaskovic-Devey), submitted.
"What Types of Organizations Benefit from Team Production, and How Do They Benefit?" (with Jed L. DeVaro), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, Volume 9, eds. P. Kalmi and M. Klinedinst, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 3-56.

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Teaching Assistant to Professors Francine D. Blau, Robert M. Hutchens, Jed L. DeVaro, Jennifer Wissink, August 2003 - May 2007
International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC
Research Intern, Development Strategy and Governance Unit, July 2005 - August 2005
Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Research Assistant to Professor Francine D. Blau, August 2002 - July 2005
Department of Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Research Assistant to Professors Jed L. DeVaro and Michael Waldman, May 2004 - September 2004
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC
Research Economist, Branch of Information and Analysis, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, February 2002 - July 2002
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Intern, Economic Research Division, June 1999 - August 1999
Department of Economics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Assistant to Professor James J. Heckman, December 1998 - June 1999