Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA - May 2009

MA Economics, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey - May 2004

BSc Management Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey - June 2002

Gonul Sengul is a faculty member in the Department of Economics at Ozyegin University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, where her dissertation explored heterogeneity in labor markets. Dr. Sengul's research interests lie in macroeconomics and labor economics, with a focus on female employment, service sector dynamics, structural transformation, and labor market policies. Prior to joining Ozyegin University, she has served as an Economist at the Central Bank of Turkey and as a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute.  

Macroeconomics, Labor Markets, Female Employment, Unemployment, Search Models

• “Unemployment Flows, Participation, and the Natural Rate of Unemployment: Evidence from Turkey” (with M. Tasci), Journal of Macroeconomics (2020), 64, 103202.
• “Effect of labor market policies on unemployment when firms adapt their recruitment", Economic Modelling (2017), 60.
• “Learning about match quality: Information flows and labor market outcomes", Labour Economics (2017), 46. 
• “Nowcasting Unemployment Rate in Turkey: Let's Ask Google" (with M.G. Chadwick), Central Bank Review (2015), 15(3).
• “A Quest for the Leading indicators of the Turkish Unemployment Rate" (with H. B. Gurcihan and A.A. Yavuz), Central Bank Review (2014), 14 (1).
• “Ins and Outs of Unemployment in Turkey", Emerging Markets Finance and Trade (2014), 50(3).
• “Türkiye’de Emek Piyasasının Çevrimsel Hareketinin Cinsiyet Bazında Analizi" (with Y.S. Baskaya), TISK Akademi (2012), 9(16).
• “Increasing Share of Agriculture in Employment in the Time of Crisis: Puzzle or Not?" (with M. Ungor), Review of Middle East Economics and Finance (2012), 7(3).

Microeconomics (ECON 101), Macroeconomics (ECON 102), Econometrics II (ECON 302), Turkish Economics (ECON 402) International Trade and Economics (Econ303)