

Bilge Erten
Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs, Northeastern University
Bilge Erten is an Associate Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Northeastern University.
Bilge received her PhD in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2010. She was a postdoctoral research scholar of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University from 2012 to 2014. She is a co-editor of the Review of Economics of the Household, an associate editor of Feminist Economics, and a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Her primary research interests are in gender and development economics, with a particular focus on empirical research.
Recent work by Bilge Erten
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WTO accession increased intimate partner violence in Cambodia
Cambodia’s extensive unilateral trade liberalisation following its accession to the WTO in 2004 led to physical, sexual, and psychological violence against women in districts where tariff reductions were more pronounced
Published 10.05.24
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Impact of WTO accession: Structural transformation in China
China’s accession to WTO reduced trade policy uncertainty, spurred structural change towards manufacturing and services, and increased economic growth
Published 07.02.22
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Female employment and intimate partner violence in Turkey
Refugee inflows from Syria to Turkey led to the displacement of women in the labour force, but also reduced the risk of intimate partner violence
Published 31.07.20
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Education and domestic violence in Turkey
Increased schooling for girls in Turkey led to a rise in psychological violence, but also reduced the intergenerational transmission of violence
Published 31.05.19