education:

Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008
A.B., University of Chicago, 2000

professional experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007-present
Teaching Assistant, Department of Economics, Cornell University, 2005-2007
Research Intern, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
Research Assistant to Professor Francine D. Blau, Department of Economics and School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2002-2005
Research Assistant to Professors Jed L. DeVaro and Michael Waldman, Department of Economics and School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, 2004
Research Economist, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2002
Research Intern, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Economic Research Division, 1999
Research Assistant to Professor James J. Heckman, Department of Economics, University of Chicago, 1998-1999

research interests

Fidan Ana Kurtulus’ research lies at the intersection of labor economics and the economics of organizations. Her research explores different aspects of firms’ decisions on how to organize their workers and the consequences of these decisions on worker and firm behavior. In particular, she has examined the benefits of team production, the effects of heterogeneity in demographic and skill characteristics within work-groups, and the importance of accounting for the extent of authority which firms delegate to workers in understanding the relationship between production uncertainty and incentive pay.

teaching

Economics 341: Labor Economics
Economics 397N: Compensation, Incentives, and Productivity

honors & awards

Cornell University Fellowship, 2002-2008
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Competition Honorable Mention
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Chicago
Student Marshal of the University of Chicago

grants

University of Massachusetts College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Grant, 2009
Mellon Foundation Mutual Mentoring Individual Micro Grant, 2008 - 2009
Mellon Foundation Mutual Mentoring Departmental Grant, 2008 - 2009
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Travel Grant, 2008
National Science Foundation Grant No. 0531171: Societal Implications of Nanotechnology Component of Center for Hierarchical Manufacturing Initiative (in collaboration with Douglas Anderton, Emily Erikson, and Jennifer Geertsma), 2007-2011
Cornell University Graduate Student Conference Grant, 2006

affiliations

American Economic Review
Econometric Society
Society of Labor Economists
Eastern Economic Association
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Western Economic Association

Selected publications

“An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority” (with Jed L. DeVaro), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, forthcoming.
“What Types of Organizations Benefit from Team Production, and How Do They Benefit?” (with Jed L. DeVaro), published in Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms, Volume 9, eds. P. Kalmi and M. Klinedinst, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 3-56
“The Effect of Heterogeneity in the Performance of Employees and the Organizational Divisions of the Firm”, January 2009, Working Paper.