1994 - 1998 School of Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Ph.D. in Economics
Ph.D. Thesis: “Monetary Policy Transmission in Russia (1992-96): The Role of Industrial Interenterprise Arrears”

1987 - 1990 Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics (CEMI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Post-Graduate Program in Economics

1982 - 1987 Department of Economics, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov, Moscow, Russia
Diploma with Distinction in Economics
Graduate Research Thesis: “The Application of Multidimensional Classification Methods to the Analysis of Regional Social Infrastructure (on the example of the Moscow Region)”

Additional Training

2001 The IRIS Center at the University of Maryland, USA
Training program "Improving Policy Analysis Practices in Russia"

1998 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, Sweden
Course in Economics of Transition

1996 Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Summer School in Economic Theory

1994 Economic Development Institute, the World Bank, IMF Institute, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC
Course for Trainers in Economics of Transition

1992, 1993 Summer School of Economics, Poland
Courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, International Trade, Industrial Organization

Professional Experience

2000 - present, Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR)
Faculty member, expert of Labor and Social Team

1997 - present, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
Lecturer in Macroeconomics and Labor Economics
Leader of GET research projects, supervisor of students' Master theses in labor economics and income distribution

1991 - present, Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, Russia
Researcher

1999 - 2000 International College of Economics and Finance, Moscow, Russia
Lecturer in Macroeconomics

1998-2000 Russian-European Center for Economic Policy, Moscow, Russia
Expert of Labor and Social Team

1992 - 1996 New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics (Intermediate and Advanced) and Macroeconomics (Intermediate and Advanced)

1993 - 1994 Center for Economic Performance, London School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Assistant Researcher

Publications

"Adjustment Costs of Trade Liberalization in Russia" (joint with Akhmed Akhmedov, Evgenia Bessonova, Ivan Cherkashin and Elena Grishina) - mimeo

"Premium for Degree in Engineering: Estimation of Returns to Field-Specific Education in Russia" (joint with Marina Kartseva) - CEFIR Working Paper, 2004

"Re-Training Programs in Russia and Romania: Impact Evaluation Study" (joint with Jacob Benus, Raluca Catrinel Brinza, Vasilica Cuica and Marina Kartseva) - CEFIR Working Paper, 2004

"Impact Evaluation Study of Social Adaptation and Public Works Programs in Russia" (joint with Marina Kartseva) - mimeo

"WTO Accession and the Labor Market: Estimation for Russia" (joint with Akhmed Akhmedov, Evgenia Bessonova, Ivan Cherkashin, Elena Grishina and Denis Nekipelov) - CEFIR Working paper, 2003

"Active Labor Market Policies in Russia: Regional Interpretation Determines Effectiveness?" (joint with Akhmed Akhmedov and Marina Kartseva) - CEFIR Working Paper, 2003

"Staying Longer in Unemployment Registry in Russia: Lack of Education, Bad Luck or Something Else?" - CEFIR Working Paper, 2002

"Child Benefits and Child Poverty" (joint with Stanislav Kolenikov and Ksenia Yudaeva) - CEFIR Working Paper, 2000

"Credit Channel of Monetary Transmission: the Role of Industrial Interenterprise Arrears" - EERC Working paper No. 99/12E, 1999

"Social Policy in Russia: Employment Fund" - Russian Economic Trends, 1999, No.1

"The Regulation Framework of the Russian Labour Market: Current State and Reform Tendencies" (joint with Guido Friebel and Elena Sadovnikova) - RECEP Working Paper No. 5, 1998

"Internal Labour Markets and Human Resource Policies: an Account from the Existing Surveys" (joint with Guido Friebel and Elena Sadovnikova) - RECEP Working Paper No. 6, 1998

"Monetary Policy Transmission in Russia: the Role of Industrial Interenterprise Arrears" // in book "Post-Soviet Policy Perspectives" ed. by Alexei D. Voskressensky and Frank Columbus, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 1997

"Discussing Financial Instruments of Economic Policy in a Transitional Economy" // in book "Investigating Regularities and Processes in the Models of Economic Systems", Moscow, 1996

"Some Aspects of Investigating Macroeconomic Dynamics in the Planned Economy" // in book "Methods and Models of Socio-Economic Monitoring", Moscow, CEMI, 1992

Languages

English fluent, Russian (native)

Interests and Activities

Labor Markets and Social Policy in Transition Economies
Microeconomics of Unemployment
Effectiveness of Active Labor Market Programs
Income Distribution, Poverty and Inequality
Social and Labor Market Effects of WTO Accession
Economics of Education

Grants and Awards

2000-2002 Swedish Professorship Award for working at CEFIR and NES
2001 Research Grant from the Ford Foundation
1996 Research Grant from Economic Education and Research Consortium Russia (EERC)
1994 Research Grant from the Ford Foundation