Economics

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Alabama, 2009
• MS, Finance, University of Alabama, 2009
• MA, Economics, University of Alabama, 2006
• MBA, Auburn University, 2004
• BS, International Trade, Bogazici University, 2003

Interests and Expertise

Dr. Mehmet E. Yaya joined the Department of Economics in 2009. His research interests include:

• Immigration
• Inequality
• Economic development
• Terrorism

Courses

He regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in labor economics and international economics. 

Publications and Presentations

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles

• "Non-pharmaceutical Interventions and COVID-19: Do County- and State-Level Policies Predict the Spread of COVID-19?," with Amanda Stype and Jayson Osika, Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 6, 2023, 126–142.
• "Great Recession and Income Inequality: a State-level Analysis", Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 1(2–3), 2018, 112–125.
• “Testing the Dependency Theory on Small Island Economies: The Case of Cyprus,” with Mehmet Balcilar and Ali M. Kutan, Economic Modelling, 61, 2017, 1–11.
• “Financial Integration in Small Islands: The Case of Cyprus,” with Mehmet Balcilar and Ali M. Kutan, International Review of Economics and Finance, 47, 2017, 201–219.
• “Armed Conflict and Financial and Economic Risk: Evidence from Colombia,” with Ali M. Kutan, Risk Management,18(2–3), 2016, 159–87.
• “The Impact of the ACA’s Extension of Coverage to Dependents on Young Adults’ Access to Care and Prescription Drugs,” with Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Southern Economic Journal, 83(1), 2016, 25–44. 
• “Within Inequality Characteristics and Adaptation of Immigrants in the United States,” Review of Economics of the Household, 4(3), 2016, 695–714.
• “Persistence of Institutions, Openness to Trade and Economic Growth: New Evidence,” with Michael Bonnal, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 51(6), 2015, 1276–1291.
• “More on Non-White Poverty and Economic Growth,” with Sondra Collins and Gary Hoover, Journal of Income Distribution, 20(1), 2011, 63–82.
• “Racial and Ethnic Income Inequality Responses to a Government Maintenance Program in the US,” with Gary Hoover, Public Finance Review, 39(3), 2011, 462–478.
• “Gender Differences in Income Inequality among Immigrant Populations to the United States,” with Gary Hoover, Social Science Journal, 47, 2010, 593–608.
• “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Income Inequality across U.S. Regions,” with Gary Hoover, Review of Black Political Economy, 37(2), 2010, 79–114.
• “Terrorism and Tourism: The Case of Turkey,” Defence and Peace Economics, 20(6), 2009, 477–497.

Book Chapters

• “Women Empowerment and Income Inequality during the Great Recession in the United States," in Meltem Ince Yenilmez, Onur Burak Celik (Eds.), A Comparative Perspective of Women’s Economic Empowerment, Routledge, 2019, 46-53.
• “Poverty by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the U.S.,'' in Robert Rycroft (Eds.), The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty, Greenwood/ABC-CLIO Publishers, 2016, 255–258.
• “Analysis of Poverty and the Provision of Social Assistance,” with Gary Hoover, in Steven Payson (Eds.), Public Economics: The Government's Role in American Economics, Praeger/ABC-CLIO Publishers, Vol. 1(10), pp. 239–262.

Advising

• Dr. Yaya is currently the faculty advisor for Omicron Delta Epsilon: Honorary Society in Economics.

Additional Information

Personal Website

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