Ali Vergili

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney

aliyasin.vergili@uts.edu.au

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Current Position

Previous Appointments

Education

Publications

• “Infant Mortality Expectations and Fertility Choice” (with Adeline Delavande and Hans-Peter Kohler) — Demography, 2026. [Link]
• “Expertise, Signaling and Learning in Fish Auctions” (with İsa Hafalır) — Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming.

Working Papers

• “Financial Incentives and Fertility: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data on Australia's Baby Bonus” (with Pelin Akyol).
• “The Impact of Severe Health Shocks on Household Labour Market Outcomes and Well-Being in Australia” (with Pelin Akyol and Matt Nolan).
• “Do Higher Unemployment Benefits Reduce Incentives to Work? Insights from the Coronavirus Supplement” (with Erin Clarke and Matt Nolan).
• “Anticipating Misperceptions: Labour Market Outcomes of Muslim Minorities” (with Elif Incekara-Hafalır, Anisa Buckley, and Rayan Merkbawi).
• “Identity, Institutions and Child Marriage in Nigeria” (with Sherry Banyout, Eugenia Maria Frezza, and Suzanna Khalifa).

Work in Progress

• “The Health Effects of Surviving Mass Layoffs: Evidence from Australian Linked Administrative Data” (with Ali Furkan Kalay and Nathan Kettlewell).
• “Future of Bonus Babies: Early Adulthood Outcomes of Australia's Baby Bonus Children” (with Pelin Akyol).
• “Ramadan and Student Performance: Evidence from NAPLAN” (with Elif Incekara-Hafalır).

Grants

• UTS Business Research Grant Scheme (A$12,000), CI: Dr Nathan Kettlewell, 2024.
• UTS Social Impact Grant (A$10,000), CI: Dr Elif Incekara-Hafalır, 2023.

Honors and Awards

• Third-Best Paper Award, 37th PhD Conference in Economics and Business, 2023.
• Best Second-Year Paper Award, UTS PhD Conference, 2021.
• Food Agility PhD Top-up Scholarship (A$28,000), 2020–2023.
• Australian Government Research Training Program Stipend, 2019–2023.
• International Research Training Program Scholarship, 2019–2023.
• Bilkent University Graduate Fellowship, 2017–2019.

Conference and Seminar Presentations

2026

• Australian Gender Economics Workshop
• Discrimination and Diversity Workshop

2025

• Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) Seminar Series, ANU
• Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) Webinar Series

2024

• Australian Gender Economics Workshop
• Macquarie University Departmental Seminar
• Australian Conference of Economists
• Australasia Meeting of the Econometric Society

2023

• Australasia Meeting of the Econometric Society
• Sydney Development Economics Group Workshop

2022

• Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics
• Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Conference
• Australasia Meeting of the Econometric Society
• Sydney Development Economics Group Workshop

2021

• European Association of Labour Economists Annual Conference
• Australasia Meeting of the Econometric Society
• Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics Conference

Policy Submissions

• Nathan Kettlewell, Ali Yasin Vergili, and Yuting Zhang. Submission to Department of Health, Disability and Ageing: Private Health Reforms - Consultation Paper 1. Aug 20, 2026. [PDF]

Media Engagement

• Yuting Zhang, Ali Yasin Vergili, and Nathan Kettlewell. “Exempting pensioners from private health rebate changes won’t make it fairer. Here’s what would.” The Conversation. Oct 29, 2026. [Link]

Research on “Financial Incentives and Fertility: Evidence from Linked Administrative Data on Australia's Baby Bonus” cited and discussed in major Australian media outlets.

Print & Online

• Sydney Morning Herald — “The baby bonus worked at $86,000 for each extra child”
• Australian Financial Review — “Can Australia escape the global fertility crisis?”
• ABC News — “Father of the baby bonus Peter Costello wants falling fertility rate ‘back on the agenda’”
• The Australian (Weekend Magazine) — “‘It's a sacrifice I won't make’: Inside the childfree by choice movement”
• The Daily Aus — “Australia's fertility rate expected to hit record low”
• Body+Soul — “Australia has failed to hit its replacement rate for 50 years — what does this mean?”

Broadcast

• ABC Radio — discussion of fertility policy and the Baby Bonus
• Flow FM (Adelaide) — interview and commentary on Australian fertility trends

Teaching

Research Experience

Professional Service

• Refereeing: Population Studies.

Computer Skills

• Statistical: Stata, R, MATLAB
• Other: LaTeX

Languages

• English (fluent); Turkish (native)

Citizenship

Turkish citizen; Australian permanent resident.

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