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Microeconomis Seminar: Olga Malkova, University of Kentucky, “Pension Taxes and Labor Supply: Evidence from a Historical Quasi-Experiment”
March 27, 2019 | 7:00 am - 8:15 pm
Nelson Hall | Room 4210
Come join Olga Malkova, Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics at University of Kentucky, in the microeonomics seminar.
About Olga Malkova
Olga Malkova is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky and a Research Affiliate of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). Malkova completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. Malkova research focuses on issues in labor economics and demography in the United States and the Soviet Union. In one strand of research, she evaluate the effects of family policies, such as maternity benefits and family planning programs, on childbearing and children’s economic outcomes. In another strand of research, she evaluate the effects of pension reform on labor supply and mortality. Malkova paper, ‘Can Maternity Benefits Have Long-Term Effects on Childbearing?’, was awarded the Heinz König Young Scholar Award, the IIPF Young Economists Award, and the 2015 Dorothy S. Thomas Award.