Melike Kökkızıl

Ayşe Barım's ongoing trial is seen as a 'warning' to Turkey's culture industry | Turkey recap Get more from Turkey recap on Patreon

"Barım’s case remains widely viewed as a political trial designed to silence government criticism in Turkey’s entertainment industry amid a widening crackdown on the nation’s main opposition party." Latest on Ayse Barim's case on @turkeyrecap.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/ayse-b...

Mehmet Murat Çalık'ın avukatı uyardı: Tutukluluk tedaviye engel Cezaevinde 18 kilo kaybeden ve sağlık durumu kötüleşen Çalık, hastaneye kaldırılarak iki kez biyopsi oldu.

Mehmet Murat Çalık'ın avukatı uyardı: Tutukluluk tedaviye engel

Cezaevinde 18 kilo kaybeden ve sağlık durumu kötüleşen Çalık, hastaneye kaldırılarak iki kez biyopsi oldu.

bianet.org/haber/mehmet...

İmamoğlu: Colleagues subjected to systematic torture İmamoğlu has stated that municipal workers held in prison are being systematically subjected to torture and ill-treatment.

İmamoğlu: Colleagues subjected to systematic torture

Opinion | With Trump’s Tariffs, the Fate of Developing Countries Now Rests in Their Own Hands (Gift Article) For the billions of people who still live in poverty, the path to prosperity may look very different than it has since World War II.

My piece in the NYTimes on tariffs' effects on poor nations. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/o...

This country, this world, may not owe us anything, but it does owe us a life in which we can preserve our mental state. I had a doctor visit this week, and he told me I had experienced a series of panic attacks a few weeks ago.

Opinion | I am Erdogan’s Main Challenger in Turkey. I Was Arrested. President Erdogan of Turkey has jailed me because he knows he cannot beat me in an election.

geopolitics shouldn’t blind us to the erosion of values, particularly human rights violations.Otherwise, we legitimize those who are dismantling the global rules-based order piece by piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

Happy Women’s History Month!

Turkish government bans X accounts for many feminist and women’s rights organizations in Turkey. X complies.
Reason: protecting national security and public order.

What is Erdogan afraid of?

Addressing President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Özel said, “If you have the courage, air the prosecutor’s questions and Ekrem’s answers on TRT.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Son bir hafta içerisinde birçok kadın hakları savunucusu platformun ve feminist örgütün X hesapları millî güvenlik ve kamu düzeninin korunması gerekçesiyle erişime engellendi. ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/k...

My dear people’s love for cats and hate for tyrants are unquestionable.

The anti-fascist bloc was in Florence’s Santa Maria Novella Square yesterday, protesting the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu and his friends, symbolizing the future of modern Turkey. All the accusations are BASELESS. We demanded government instruments to be neutral and respect the will of ordinary people.

Siamo in un momento critico nella storia della Turchia: O piena autocrazia o democrazia. Sarà il popolo a dire l’ultima parola.
(Critical moment for Turkey: Either full autocracy or democracy. It’ll be the people who’ll have the final say)
@mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social
www.corriere.it/esteri/25_ma...

Başlığınızı düzeltmediğiniz sürece dinlemeyi düşünmüyorum. Medyascope boykotumu başlatmama az kaldı.

How does parental religiosity influence children? Interview with Melike Kokkizil Melike Kokkizil, Max Weber Fellow at the EUI Department of Economics, explain her research on how parents religious beliefs influence childrens education, lab

"How does parental religiosity influence children?" An interview w/ @melikekokkizil.bsky.social
Melike Kokkizil explains her research on how #parents’ religious beliefs influence their children’s educational opportunities, particularly in relation to #gender disparities
👉 buff.ly/3QGOIAl
#education

The “Friday Night (data) Massacre” When government data disappear, how do we make evidence-based, informed policy decisions?

🚨New post live on Empirical Truths🚨

Written with my PhD Day 1 @estebanjq.bsky.social. The "Friday Night Massacre" of .gov websites and datasets has many of us terrified, and researchers are trying to make heads or tails of what to do and how to go forward.

Muhsin Hendricks: World's 'first openly gay imam' shot dead in South Africa He was a pioneering figure who ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay Muslims.

Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world's first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. -- RIP🙏

www.bbc.com/news/article...

🎉Welcome to the ECO Department BlueSky account!
Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and ECO Department's life!

I've decided to collect my DiD materials in a single place.

psantanna.com/did-resources

There, you will find
- 14 lectures of my comprehensive DiD course
- Shorter lectures/talks I have given on DiD
- My DiD R/Stata/Python packages
- Some DiD checklists
- DiD materials from my friends

Enjoy!

#EconBlueSky #AcademicBlueSky

Thanks to Tommaso Colussi, @nathannunn.bsky.social, @jaredcrubin.com, Eren Arbatli, Andrea Ichino, Sule Alan, Gozde Corekcioglu, @ingoisphording.bsky.social, @juhoharkonen.bsky.social, Seyhun Sakalli, and Lydia Assouad, for their comments. More to come on religiosity & gender. Stay tuned!

Broader impacts:

• Parental religiosity during enrollment ↓ female labor force participation later (no male effect).

• Maternal cumulative religiosity hits both genders, esp. women.

• Encourages families w/ >3 kids, reinforcing gender roles.

💡Alternative measure: parents' cumulative exposure to Ramadan fasting

Findings:
• Women w/ higher fasting exposure pray/wear headscarves more.
• Higher exposure = more births after age 40.
• Fathers' religiosity impacts schooling more, esp. for girls.

🔬 Robustness:

• Placebo: Fasting during junior high enrollment has no effect on primary school completion.

• Null effect when Ramadan occurs after enrollment confirms religiosity affects parental decisions, not other factors.

🔎 Key findings:
• A 30-minute increase in daily fasting during individuals' enrollment year lowers primary school completion by 0.37–0.80 percentage points, with stronger effects on girls.

• Robustness: Results aren’t driven by income, teacher behavior, or household dynamics.

🕌 Why study religiosity via Ramadan fasting?
• Standard measures = endogenous.
• Fasting hours vary by year/province: e.g., southern provinces fast 1200 mins more than northern ones in winter, reversing in summer.
• 30 mins/day reflects religiosity, not physical effects.

How does parents' religiosity shape kids' education?📚

Using Turkish census data (1924–1984 cohorts) & Ramadan fasting variations, I show its impact on primary school completion.

Early stats: ~ 20% of girls & 50% of boys could complete due to low state capacity & child labor.

🚨 New working paper alert: Using unique data & innovative methods, I explore how parental religious beliefs shape kids’ education. Link to the paper:
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...

Submitted! Now, others will take some time to think about the paper and work on it, while I just wait. ;)

Risvolti dell'invecchiamento demografico La futura carenza di manodopera può rappresentare un’occasione: tanto per azzerare la disoccupazione, quanto per promuovere l’occupazione femminile

🗞️ Weekend reading alert! 🗞️

Dive into this article by our Agnese Vitali on population ageing in Italy: its impact on social sustainability and possible policy interventions.

A must-read for those of us curious about demographic shifts!

www.rivistailmulino.it/a/il-risvolt... (🇮🇹 only)

Texas Education Board Backs Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools School districts serving more than two million elementary school children would be able to adopt a curriculum that draws on the Bible.

Breaking News: Texas has approved Bible-infused lessons in public schools in an initial vote. The curriculum could become a model for other states under the Trump administration.