I am a Professor of Economics at Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, and at Bilkent University, Turkey.
I am a member of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) Board of Directors as Education sector co-chair, and HPI co-chair. I am also a research fellow at CEPR.
My research interests include education, migrant integration, gender and household behavior.

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Nurturing childhood curiosity to enhance learning: A randomised pedagogical intervention
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- Education

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Empowering adolescents to transform schools: Lessons from behavioural targeting
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- Education 
- Poverty and Income Inequality

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Female leadership and workplace climate
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- Gender

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Building stronger leader-subordinate relationships is the key to a positive workplace culture
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- Labour Markets 
- Productivity and Innovation