Research

Contact Information

• 301-763-7889  
• emin.m.dinlersoz@census.gov  

Fields of Interest

• Industrial Organization  
• Applied Microeconomics  
• Econometrics  
• Labor Economics  

Education

• Ph.D., Economics, University of Rochester, 2000  
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, 1994  

Professional Experience

• Senior Economist, Center for Economic Studies, US census Bureau, 2012-Present  
• Economist, Center for Economics Studies, US Census Bureau, 2009-2012  
• Senior Economist, Cornerstone Research, Inc., 2007-2009  
• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Houston, 2000-2007  

Selected Publications

• Dinlersoz, Emin, Henry Hyatt, and Jeremy Greenwood. 2017. "What Businesses Attract Unions? Unionization over the Life-Cycle of US Establishments." Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 70(3): 733-766.
• Dinlersoz, Emin and Jeremy Greenwood. 2013. "The Rise and Fall of Unions in the U.S." CES Working Paper Series, 12-12r.
• Dinlersoz, Emin, Henry Hyatt, and Sang V. Nguyen. 2013. "The Plant Life-Cycle of the Average Wage of Employees in U.S. Manufacturing." IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2 (7): 1-23.
• Dinlersoz, Emin. 2012. "Information and Industry Dynamics." American Economic Review, 102(2):884-913.
• Dinlersoz, Emin and Han Li. 2012. "Quality-based Price Discrimination: Evidence from Internet Retailers' Shipping Options." Journal of Retailing, 88(2):276-290..
• Dinlersoz, Emin and Can Dogan. 2010. "Tariffs vs. Anti-dumping Duties." International Review of Economics and Finance, 19(3):436-451.
• Dinlersoz, Emin and Glenn MacDonald. 2009. "The Industry Life-cycle of the Size Distribution of Firms." Review of Economic Dynamics, 12(4):648-667.
• Dinlersoz, Emin. 2008. "Informative Advertising by Heterogeneous Firms." Information Economics and Policy, 20(2):168-191.