Pelin Akyol
@pelinakyol.bsky.social
Economist @E61Institute
Assistant Professor of Economics @BilkentEconDept.
Education, Labor, Health and Demography
PhD @PennStateEcon
http://spelinakyol.weebly.com
Assistant Professor of Economics @BilkentEconDept.
Education, Labor, Health and Demography
PhD @PennStateEcon
http://spelinakyol.weebly.com
Governments are grappling with falling birth rates. Could a “baby bonus” help? Our new work looks at Australia’s experience—and shows that direct cash incentives can shape fertility decisions. e61.in/cash-for-kid...
Cash for Kids? What Australia’s Baby Bonus Tells Us About Fertility Policy – e61 INSTITUTE
e61.in
May 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Governments are grappling with falling birth rates. Could a “baby bonus” help? Our new work looks at Australia’s experience—and shows that direct cash incentives can shape fertility decisions. e61.in/cash-for-kid...
In the past, policymakers have sought to address the fiscal pressures of an ageing population by increasing the Age Pension eligibility age. We find that doing so can come with unintended demographic consequences. e61.in/pension-chan...
Pension Changes: Grandmas or Grandkids? – e61 INSTITUTE
e61.in
April 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
In the past, policymakers have sought to address the fiscal pressures of an ageing population by increasing the Age Pension eligibility age. We find that doing so can come with unintended demographic consequences. e61.in/pension-chan...
What do multiple-choice tests really measure? We explore this in a new @nber.org paper with Kala Krishna & @esmaozer.bsky.social We find time pressure affects sorting—and impacts men and women differently. More in my chat with @tvhe.substack.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KXvuD6...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KXvuD6...
April 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM
What do multiple-choice tests really measure? We explore this in a new @nber.org paper with Kala Krishna & @esmaozer.bsky.social We find time pressure affects sorting—and impacts men and women differently. More in my chat with @tvhe.substack.com
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KXvuD6...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KXvuD6...
Immigration has been the main tool for managing Australia’s demographic challenges. But with political support for high immigration receding, my colleague Rose Khattar and I discussed how policymakers may begin to shift their focus to declining fertility. e61.in/rethinking-a...
Rethinking Australia’s demographic challenges – e61 INSTITUTE
e61.in
February 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Immigration has been the main tool for managing Australia’s demographic challenges. But with political support for high immigration receding, my colleague Rose Khattar and I discussed how policymakers may begin to shift their focus to declining fertility. e61.in/rethinking-a...
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New edworkingpaper that I knew I had to share when it first came across my virtual desk.
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
January 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
New edworkingpaper that I knew I had to share when it first came across my virtual desk.
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
tl;dr: "[state] abortion bans caused a 2.7 percentage point decrease in the proportion of high-achieving women who applied to a school in one of the 13 states with a total ban."
edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1126
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital,” by Brown(@clbrown.bsky.social), Kaur, Kingdon, and Schofield: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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doi.org
December 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital,” by Brown(@clbrown.bsky.social), Kaur, Kingdon, and Schofield: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Leveraging past quasi-experiments for a cost-benefit analysis of potential US paid leave programs, finding long-run returns on society's initial investment of between 7:1 and 29:1, from Wang, Slopen, Garfinkel, Ananat, Collyer, Hartley, Koutavas, and Wimer https://www.nber.org/papers/w33279
December 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Leveraging past quasi-experiments for a cost-benefit analysis of potential US paid leave programs, finding long-run returns on society's initial investment of between 7:1 and 29:1, from Wang, Slopen, Garfinkel, Ananat, Collyer, Hartley, Koutavas, and Wimer https://www.nber.org/papers/w33279
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ADHD diagnoses among children increase on Halloween, consistent with changes in behavior and highlighting subjectivity in the medical diagnosis, from Christopher Worsham, Charles Bray, and Anupam Jena https://www.nber.org/papers/w33232
December 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
ADHD diagnoses among children increase on Halloween, consistent with changes in behavior and highlighting subjectivity in the medical diagnosis, from Christopher Worsham, Charles Bray, and Anupam Jena https://www.nber.org/papers/w33232
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Using data from the Turkish University Entrance Exam to examine the extent of the gender gap in college placement, from Pelin Akyol, Kala Krishna, and Sergey Lychagin https://www.nber.org/papers/w33074
October 29, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Using data from the Turkish University Entrance Exam to examine the extent of the gender gap in college placement, from Pelin Akyol, Kala Krishna, and Sergey Lychagin https://www.nber.org/papers/w33074