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Updated : Oct. 2018

Abdullah TİRGİL

Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Finance Esenboğa Külliyesi, 06760 Çubuk/ Ankara, TURKEY E-mail : atirgil@ybu.edu.tr Web: https://sites.google.com/site/abdullahtirgilphd

TEACHING & RESEARCH INTERESTS

§ Health Economics § Labor Economics, § Economics of Education § Applied Microeconomics

ACADEMIC & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCES

§ Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Public Finance, 2017 – present Instructor

§ Northeastern University College of Professional Studies, USA § Principles of Macroeconomics (Summer 2013, Summer 2014, and Summer 2015) § Western Illinois University, Mathematics Department, USA § Algebra: Fall 2010, Spring 2011

Teaching Assistant § Northeastern University, Economics Department

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§ Principles of Macroeconomics: Fall 2013 to present § Principles of Microeconomics: Fall 2012-Spring 2013 § Health Economics (Undergraduate): Spring 2012 § Money and Banking (Undergraduate): Fall 2011 § Western Illinois University, Mathematics Department, USA § Algebra and Calculus: Fall 2010, Spring 2011 § Western Illinois University, Academic Services and Counseling § Principles of Microeconomics, Algebra, and Calculus: Spring 2010 § Western Illinois University, Economics Department § Principles and Intermediate Microeconomics: Spring 2009, Fall 2009

EDUCATION

§ Ph.D. Economics, Northeastern University, September 2011 – December 2016, USA

Title of Doctoral Thesis: Impacts in Health Economics, Three Empirical Essays Committee: William T. Dickens (Chair), Bilge Erten, and Catalina Herrera Almanza

§ M.S. Mathematics, Western Illinois University, (2010 – 2011), USA § M.A. Economics, Western Illinois University, (2008 – 2010), USA § B.S. Management Information Systems, Bogazici University, (2003 – 2008), TURKEY

COURSES PARTICIPATED AND CERTIFICATES OBTAINED AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

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1. 2. 3. PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

PAPERS PUBLISHED IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS

1. “Universal health coverage in Turkey expands access to health services for the poor: regression kink discontinuity analysis,” (with Rifat Atun and Ipek Gurol-Urganci), Journal of Global Health.

2. “The effect of smoke-free public places and raised excise taxes on declining cigarette consumption,”, Under Review, (with Rifat Atun and William T. Dickens), The Lancet Public Health

3. Tirgil, Abdullah. “Cost of Health Care and Utilization of Emergency Departments in Turkey”, International Journal of Economic Studies, June 2017, Vol:3, Issue:2, pp.161-170.

DISCUSSION/WORKING PAPERS

1. 2. 3. PAPERS PUBLISHED IN NATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS

1. 2. 3. BOOKS & REPORTS

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1. CHAPTER IN BOOKS

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UNDER REVIEW

1. “The impact of benefits expansion in insurance coverage on out-of-pocket health care expenditures under Turkey’s Green Card program,” (with Rifat Atun and William T. Dickens), Under Review, Social Science and Medicine

WORKING IN PROGRESS

1. “The impact of financial inclusion on financial development in emerging economies,”

(with Recep Yorulmaz).