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Erdal Tekin

American University and NBER, USA, and IZA, Germany

IZA World of Labor role

Author, Topic spokesperson

Expertise

Health, Childcare, Crime, Risky behaviors, Illicit drugs, Delinquency

Country

United States

Languages

English - Native speaker, Turkish - Native speaker

Media experience

Print, Digital, Television, Radio

Email

tekin@american.edu

Phone

1 4044571703

Current position

Professor, Department of Public Administration & Policy, American University, Washington, DC, USA

Website

http://www.erdaltekin.com/

Positions/functions as a policy advisor

Consultant to the World Bank

Past positions

Professor of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, USA

Qualifications

PhD Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001

Selected publications

  • "Is there a link between foreclosure and health?" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (Forthcoming) (with J. Currie).

  • "Understanding the cycle: Childhood maltreatment and future crime." Journal of Human Resources 47:2 (2012): 509–549 (with J. Currie).

  • "Ugly criminals." The Review of Economics and Statistics 92:1 (2010): 15–30 (with H. N. Mocan).

  • "Childcare subsidies, wages, and employment of single mothers." Journal of Human Resources 42:2 (2007).

  • "Nonprofit sector and part-time work: An analysis of employer-employee matched data on child care workers." The Review of Economics and Statistics 85:1 (2003): 38–50 (with H. N. Mocan).

article(s)

  • Childcare subsidy policy: What it can and cannot accomplish

    What are the implications of childcare subsidies for care quality, family well-being, and child development?

    Erdal Tekin, July 2014
    Most public expenditure on childcare in the US is made through a federal program, the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), established as part of landmark welfare reform legislation in 1996. The main goal of the reform was to increase employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income families. Childcare subsidies have been effective in enabling parents to work, but apparently at some cost to the well-being of parents and children.
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