Ilker Dastan

Ilker Dastan
As of February 1, 2010
Rutgers University Phone: (732) 322-7298
Department of Economics
E-mail: dastan@econ.rutgers.edu
75 Hamilton Street http://econ.rutgers.edu/dastan
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
EDUCATION:
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Ph.D., Economics (Expected: May, 2010)
M.A., Economics, 2005
Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
B.A., Economics, 2003
Dissertation: “Labor Market Effects of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol Use”
Committee Members: Louise B. Russell (supervisor), Mark Killingsworth, Jeffrey Rubin
Expected Date of Completion: May, 2010
Field Exams:
Health Economics, 2006
Industrial Organization, 2005
Awards and Honors:
Sidney I. Simon Prize for Outstanding Teaching Award, Rutgers University, Department of
Economics, 2008
Teaching Assistantship, Rutgers University, 2004-2007
Graduate School Fellowship, Rutgers University, 2003-2004
Bilkent University Scholarship, Bilkent University, Turkey, 1998-2003
EXPERIENCE:
Instructor, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, 2006-2009
Intermediate Microeconomics, Spring 2010, Fall 2009 (two sections), Summer 2009 (two
sections), Spring 2009 (two sections), Fall 2008 (two sections), Summer 2008, Spring 2008
(two sections), Fall 2007 (two sections), Summer 2007
Introduction to Microeconomics, Summer 2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, 2004-2007
Introduction to Microeconomics, Spring 2007, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004
Introduction to Macroeconomics, Spring 2006
Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall 2006
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RESEARCH:
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Rutgers University, 2005-2008
for Prof. Dr. Mark Killingsworth, Fall 2008
for Prof. Dr. Ira Gang, Summer 2006
for Prof. Dr. Eugene White, Summer 2005
Intern, Ankara, Turkey, 2001-2002
Prime Ministry State Planning Organization, Summer 2002
Turkish Treasury, Summer 2001
Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Summer 2001
“Labor Market Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Alcohol Use”, Dastan, I, 2009. (Job
Market Paper).
“Joint Wage Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Binge Drinking”, Department of
Economics, Rutgers University, May, 2009.
“The Impacts of Obesity, Smoking, and Binge Drinking on Unemployment”,
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, September, 2009.
“Sensitivity and Robustness Analyses on the Labor Market Effects of Health Behaviors”,
Department of Economics, Rutgers University, September, 2009.
“The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Drinking on Wages of Workers: Cross-sectional
and First-differences Estimations”, Department of Economics, Rutgers University,
December, 2005. Second Year Research Paper.
“The Effects of Obesity, Smoking, and Binge Drinking on Durations of Unemployment:
Evidence from a Longitudinal Study”, Work in progress.
“Gender Differences in Labor Market Effects of Obesity”, Work in progress.
“The Impacts of Health Behaviors on Life-time Earnings of Workers”, Work in progress.
“Wage Distribution and Health Behaviors: A Quantile Regression Approach for NLSY
Data”, Work in progress.
CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:
REFEREE:
“Labor Market Effects of Obesity, Smoking and Alcohol Use”, Dastan, I, 2009.
2010 Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA) Meeting, Morristown, New
Jersey, September 2010, Accepted.
2nd Annual Meeting on the Economics of Risky Behaviors (AMERB), Stone Mountain,
Georgia, March 2010, Submitted.
Empirical Microeconomics Workshop Presentation, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,
NJ, September 2009, Presented.
Journal Reviewer, Capital Markets Journal, Capital Markets Board of Turkey
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Conference Reviewer, 2010 Northeast Business and Economics Association (NBEA)
Meeting, Morristown, New Jersey, September 2010
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
Applied Microeconomics, Health Economics, Labor Economics
Industrial Organization, Public Economics, Health Policy
COMPUTER SKILLS:
Econometric Software and Programming: Stata, SAS, Gauss, E-views, Matlab, Java, Pascal
Applications: Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop
PROFESSIONAL ANDA EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Member, American Economic Association
President of Turkish Graduate Students Association, Rutgers University, 2005-2007
Soccer Referee, U.S. Soccer Federation, 2007-2010
REFERENCES:
Louise B. Russell
Jeffrey Rubin
Rutgers Department of Economics Rutgers Department of Economics
75 Hamilton Street 75 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: lrussell@ifh.rutgers.edu
Email: rubin@econ.rutgers.edu
Phone: (732) 932-6507 Phone: (732) 932-7452
Mark Killingsworth
Irina B. Grafova
Rutgers Department of Economics UMDNJ-School of Public Health
75 Hamilton Street 683 Hoes Lane West, Room 321
New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Piscataway, NJ 08854
Email: killings@econ.rutgers.edu
Email: grafovib@umdnj.edu
Phone: (732) 932-7794 Phone: (732) 235-4004
Jeffrey Rubin, Undergraduate Director (Teaching)
Rutgers Department of Economics
75 Hamilton Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Email: rubin@econ.rutgers.edu
Phone: (732) 932-7452
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