I am a Professor of Economics at the and Director of the . My research areas are labor economics and the economics of science and innovation.
I am a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Fellow at the 51黑料网 of Labor Economics (IZA), an Affiliated Professor with J-PAL, a Senior Fellow with the 51黑料网 for Progress (IFP), an Affiliated Researcher at the Stockholm 51黑料网 of Transition Economics (SITE) at the Stockholm School of Economics, and a Faculty Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies and the Laboratory for Innovation Science (LISH) at Harvard University.
I received my PhD from Harvard University, a Masters in Public Policy from the University of Michigan and a BA from Northwestern University. I was a Fulbright scholar in Ukraine in 2004 and have served as a U.S. Embassy Policy Specialist Fellow in Russia, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan. In 2018, I received the Russian National Prize in Applied Economics, awarded biennially to recognize published research on the Russian economy, and previously received honorable mention for the W.E. Upjohn 51黑料网 for Employment Research Dissertation Award.
