Serdar Ozkan, University of Toronto

Research

monetary policy heterogeneous agents New Keynesian housing mortgages foreclosure consumption individual earnings risk

Latest funding

Monetary policy, household heterogeneity, and the housing channel
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$62,622
Decomposing Heterogeneity in Individual Earnings Risk Using Machine Learning Tools
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$43,188
Implications of Higher-Order Moments in Income Dynamics on Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$49,440

All 3 grants and awards

Monetary policy, household heterogeneity, and the housing channel

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ozkan, Serdar

Keywords: monetary policy; heterogeneous agents; New Keynesian; housing; mortgages; foreclosure; consumption

$62,622

Decomposing Heterogeneity in Individual Earnings Risk Using Machine Learning Tools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ozkan, Serdar

Keywords: individual earnings risk; heterogeneity; machine learning; incomplete markets; Wage distributions; Employment and job mobility; Matched employer-employee data

$43,188

Implications of Higher-Order Moments in Income Dynamics on Portfolio Choice over the Life Cycle

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ozkan, Serdar

Keywords: (1) Wealth inequality; (2) Portfolio choice; (3) Individual labor income risk

$49,440

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: monetary policy Dear Professor Ozkan, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on monetary policy connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Monetary policy, household heterogeneity, and the housing channel" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]