Johns Hopkins University, Economics, 2024

Johns Hopkins University, Economics, 2021

Bogazici University, Economics, 2016

Yusuf Kulu is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Ozyegin University. His research interests are in labor economics, health economics, and economics of education. In his work, he investigates how students from various backgrounds accrue returns from different post secondary investments. He also analyzes health systems policies to increase access to higher quality healthcare. Professor Kulu received his Bachelor's degree from Bogazici University, in Istanbul, Turkey, and his MA and PhD from Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland. 

Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Health Economics

Research / Supervision Interests

Although not limited to, some of the possible topics of supervisions are as follows:
- Labor economics including topics like human capital, compensating wages, occupational choice
- AI and labor markets, working from home arrangements
- Health economics topics such as demand and supply of health insurance, consumer choice, and pharma industry

**Note: I am open to new MSc and PhD students**

- "State Remedial Policies and Community Colleges," Working Paper
- "Post-secondary Decision Making: Evidence from Large Plant Openings," Working Paper (with Bledi Taska)
- "Interpersonal Therapy and Mental Health," Work in Progress (with Nurullah Gulec)

Honors & Awards

- Johns Hopkins University, Economics Department Fellowship, 2018 - 2024
- Sabanci University, Full Merit Scholarship, 2016 - 2018
- Bogazici University, Honors Certicate, 2016
- European Commission, Erasmus Grant, 2015
- SciencesPo, Certicate of Social Science and Humanities, 2015

Econometrics II (ECON 302), Microeconomics (ECON 101)