Sena Coskun

Prof. Sena Coskun, Ph.D., is a Junior Professor for Macroeconomics and Labor Market Research at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), holding a joint position with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB). She joined FAU in April 2022 and became a CEPR affiliate in January 2022.

• B.A., Economics, Bogazici University (2011)
• M.A., Economics, Toulouse School of Economics (2012)
• Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University (2018)

Her research integrates macroeconomic and labor market analysis with family economics, focusing on gender-specific employment trends, fertility dynamics, and remote work impacts. Recent work includes analyzing procyclical fertility patterns and gender divergence in pandemic recessions.

Her publications span journals like the Journal of Monetary Economics and NBER Macroeconomics Annual, addressing topics such as breadwinner women's roles in economic cycles, work-from-home effects on urban geography, and gender bargaining gaps in banking. Collaboration with institutions like IAB and LASER (Interdisciplinary Center for Labor Market and Working World) underscores her applied approach.

Contact: sena.coskun@fau.de