Fidan Ana Kurtulus

Professional Experience: 

• Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2018-present
• Faculty Director, Center for Employment Equity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2017-present
• Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2013-present
• Women and Public Policy Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2015-2016
• Wertheim Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2013-2015
• Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), 2012 - present
• Research Coordinator, LERA Employment Policy Research Network, 2011 - present
• Beyster Fellow, School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, 2009-2010
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007-2013
• 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 Michael Waldman and Jed L. DeVaro, 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 explores a number of topics in labor economics, including the organization of workers within firms, participatory workplace practices and employee ownership, the causes and consequences of workplace diversity, and the long-term effects of affirmative action legislation on the U.S. employment landscape since the Civil Rights Movement.

Teaching: 

• Economics 781: Ph.D. Labor Economics
• Economics 341: Labor Economics
• Economics 397N: Compensation, Incentives, and Productivity
• Economics 397EC: Economics of Cooperative Enterprise

Honors and Awards: 

• Early Career Research Award, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2012 - 2013
• Chancellor's Junior Faculty Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010-2012
• J. Robert Beyster Fellow, Rutgers University, 2009-2010
• 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: 

• Kellogg Foundation Grant, 2017-2020
• National Science Foundation Grant, 2013-2016
• Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2012-2014
• Healey Endowment Grant, 2012-2013
• SADRI Social Science Research Scholar Grant, 2012-2013
• Michael W. Huber Fellowship Grant, 2011
• Proposal Preparation Grant, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
• Sheridan-Barber Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009
• College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 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 Grants, 2008, 2009, 2011

Affiliations: 

• American Economic Review
• Econometric Society
• Society of Labor Economists
• Labor and Employment Relations Association
• International Association for the Economics of Participation
• Eastern Economic Association
• Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
• Western Economic Association

Selected Publications: 

Book:

• How Did Employee Ownership Firms Weather the Last Two Recessions? Employee Ownership, Employment Stability, and Firm Survival: 1999-2011 (with Douglas Kruse), February 2017, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.

Articles:

• "The Impact of Affirmative Action on the Employment of Women and Minorities Over Three Decades: 1973-2003", Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 35, No. 1 (2016), pp. 34-66.
• "An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives and the Delegation of Worker Authority" (with Jed L. DeVaro), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 63, No. 4 (July 2010), pp. 641-661.
• "An Empirical Analysis of the Relationship Between Employee Ownership and Employment Stability in the U.S." (with Doug Kruse), British Journal of Industrial Relations, forthcoming.
• "The Impact of Eliminating Affirmative Action on Minority and Female Employment and Occupational Representation: A Natural Experiment Approach Using State-level Affirmative Action Laws", in progress.
• "Do Women Top Managers Help Women Advance? A Panel Study Using EEO-1 Records" (with Don Tomaskovic-Devey), Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 639, No. 1 (January 2012), pp. 173-179.
• "What Types of Diversity Benefit Workers? Empirical Evidence on the Effects of Co-Worker Dissimilarity on the Performance of Employees", Industrial Relations, Vol. 50, No. 4. (October 2011), pp. 678-712.
• "Worker Attitudes Towards Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing and Variable Pay", (with Douglas Kruse and Joseph Blasi), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor Managed Firms, Vol. 12, 2011, pp. 143-168.
• "Affirmative Action and the Occupational Advancement of Minorities and Women During 1973-2003", Industrial Relations, Vol. 51, No. 2, (April 2012), pp. 213-246.
• "Risk Preferences, Compensation Risk, and Worker Outcomes" (with Douglas Kruse and Joseph Blasi), 2011 Annual LERA Research Volume: Employee Ownership and Shared Capitalism: New Directions and Debates for the 21st Century, Cornell University ILR Press, 2011, pp. 147-176.
• "What Types of Organizations Benefit from Team Production, and How Do They Benefit?" (with Jed L. DeVaro), Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor Managed Firms, Vol. 9, 2006, pp. 3-56 (lead article).

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