Didem Tüzemen is a Senior Economist in the Economic Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Ms. Tüzemen joined the department in July 2011 after earning her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She also holds a B.S. degree in physics and a M.A. degree in economics from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. Ms. Tüzemen's main areas of research are macroeconomics, labor economics, and health economics.
Professional Journals and Books
- "Job Polarization and the Natural Rate of Unemployment in the United States,” Economics Letters, 2019, 175, pp. 97-100.
- "Labor Market Dynamics with Endogenous Labor Force Participation and On-the-Job Search," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 2017, 75, pp. 28–51.
- “Labor Market Impact of Massachusetts Health Care Reform: We’ve Only Scratched the Surface,” ASHEcon Newsletter, June 2016. (invited publication)
- "Network Effects in Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul," with Fikret Adaman and Oya Pinar Ardic, Iktisat Isletme ve Finans, 2013, 28, pp. 9–32.
- "Inflation Targeting: A Three-Decade Perspective," with Salem Abo Zaid, Journal of Policy Modeling, 2011, 34(5), pp. 621–645.
- "Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence from Istanbul," with Fikret Adaman, Oya Pinar Ardic and Burcay Erus, Turkish Studies, September 2009, 10(3), pp. 471–496.
Economic Review Articles
- A Strong Labor Market Has Narrowed Gaps in Participation and Employment between Black and White Non-College Men
with Deepak Venkatasubramanian, Vol. 109, no. 1 - Women without a College Degree, Especially Minority Mothers, Face a Steeper Road to Recovery
Third Quarter 2021 - The Uneven Recovery in Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
with Thao Tran, Third Quarter 2019 - Why Are Prime-Age Men Vanishing from the Labor Force?
First Quarter 2018 - Evaluating a Year of Oil Price Volatility
with Troy Davig, Nida Çakir Melek, Jun Nie, and A. Lee Smith, Third Quarter 2015 - Does Health Care Reform Support Self-Employment?
with Thealexa Becker, Third Quarter 2014 - The Vanishing Middle: Job Polarization and Workers' Response to the Decline in Middle-Skill Jobs
with Jonathan Willis, First Quarter 2013
Research Working Papers
- Minimum Wage Increases and Vacancies
with Marianna Kudlyak and Murat Tasci, RWP 20-22 - Disappearing Routine Occupations and Declining Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
RWP 19-03 - The Cyclical Behavior of Labor Force Participation
with Willem Van Zandweghe, RWP 18-08 - Health Care Reform or Labor Market Reform? A Quantitative Analysis of the Affordable Care Act
with Makoto Nakajima, RWP 15-10 - Self-Employment and Health Care Reform: Evidence from Massachusetts
with Thealexa Becker, RWP 14-16 - Commodity Dependence and Fiscal Capacity
with Mauricio Cárdenas and Santiago Ramírez, RWP 11-08 - Under-Investment in State Capacity: The Role of Inequality and Political Instability
with Mauricio Cárdenas, RWP 11-07
Economic Bulletin
- Foreign-Born Women Have Driven the Recent Increase in Prime-Age Women in the Labor Force
with Emily Pollard, April 2024 - Labor Market May Remain Tight until Labor Demand Cools Further
October 2022 - How Many Workers Are Truly “Missing” from the Labor Force?
May 2022 - Were Teleworkable Jobs Pandemic-Proof?
with Thao Tran, September 2020 - Women Take a Bigger Hit in the First Wave of Job Losses due to COVID-19
with Thao Tran, April 2020 - Women Are Driving the Recent Recovery in Prime-Age Labor Force Participation
with Thao Tran, December 2019 - Trends in the Labor Share Post-2000
with W. Blake Marsh and Thao Tran, December 2018 - A New Estimate of the Natural Rate of Unemployment
November 2017 - What is Behind the Recent Increase in Labor Force Participation?
with Jonathan L. Willis, November 2016 - Evaluating a Year of Oil Price Volatility
with Troy Davig, Nida Çakir Melek, Jun Nie, and A. Lee Smith, September 2015 - Opportunity Knocks: Improved Matching of Jobs and Workers
with Jonathan L. Willis, May 2015 - Does Health Care Reform Support Self-Employment?
with Thealexa Becker, September 2014