N. Meltem Daysal

N. Meltem Daysal is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Copenhagen. She is affiliated with multiple institutions including the Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), CESifo, and IZA as Research Fellow.

Her academic background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Economics from Bogazici University. Her research focuses at the intersection of health economics and labor economics, examining topics like health interventions, public policy, and socioeconomic outcomes.

Recent publications analyze antidepressant treatment effects in childhood, oral contraceptive pill impacts on adolescent mental health, and long-term consequences of respiratory disease spread in households. These works span subfields including mental health economics, household dynamics, and intergenerational health effects.

She contributes to policy-focused platforms like VoxEU, addressing themes such as poverty and income inequality, health economics, and labor market impacts of social policies.