Pinar Keskin

Associate Professor of Economics, Wellesley College

@pinarandmore

Pinar Keskin is an Associate Professor of Economics at Wellesley College.

She is an applied microeconomist, with research interests in development, environmental and health economics. Most of her work can be organized under two themes: (1) the economic responses to water scarcity and water pollution in developed and developing countries; (2) the causes and consequences of domestic violence and its transmission across generations. She is currently an associate editor at the Economic Development and Cultural Change and a research fellow at the IZA Institute of Labor Economics. Pinar Keskin holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics from Bilkent University, Turkey.

Recent work by Pinar Keskin

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

Trade

Bilge Erten Pinar Keskin

Published 10.05.24

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

Labour Markets

Bilge Erten Pinar Keskin

Published 31.07.20

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

Education

Bilge Erten Pinar Keskin

Published 31.05.19

Pinar Keskin

Recent work by Pinar Keskin

WTO accession increased intimate partner violence in Cambodia

Female employment and intimate partner violence in Turkey

Education and domestic violence in Turkey