Olga Lazareva

Assistant Professor:Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Applied Economics
Programme Academic Supervisor:Economics: Research Programme

Olga Lazareva has been at HSE since 2009.

Education and Degrees

2009
PhD
Stockholm School of Economics
2009
Doctoral programme
Stockholm School of Economics
2004
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Economics and National Economy Management
Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2004
Doctoral programme
Central Institute of Economics and Mathematics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2000
Master's
Central European University
1998
Degree
Novosibirsk State University

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

Research Interests

Labor Economics, Personnel Economics, Economics of Education, Economics of a Firm, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance

Student Term / Thesis Papers

Bachelor
S. Nikitina «The Role of Human Capital in Economic Development». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2018
M. Ksenofontov «The Impact of Education and Employment Characteristics on the Gender Wage Gap». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2018
E. Khaev «Institutional Factors of Happiness and Life Satisfaction». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2017
M. Gerasimova «CEO Characteristics and Firm Performance:Evidence from Russia ». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2016
A. Gosteva «The Impact of Regional Characteristics on the Choice of a Study Program by Prospective Students». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2016
N. Severova «Composition of the Board of Directors: the Effect on Performance of Russian Companies». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2016
Master
A. Kuzmina «Network Effects in the Digital Currencies’ Market: Evidence from Bitcoin». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2018
S. Kortunova «The Influence of Cultural Variables on Payout Policy». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2018
A. Liakh «The Effect of Regional Factors on Student Achievements in Russian Schools». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2017
M. Sevastianova «The Role of Institutional Investors in Corporate Governance and Their Impact on the Value of Companies». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2016
L. Tsebekova «Assessment of the Impact of Claims of Tax and Antitrust Authorities on the Market Value of Public Companies». Faculty of Economic Sciences, 2016

Full list of of student term / thesis papers

Courses (2018/2019)

Corporate Governance (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics: Research Programme", "Strategic Corporate Finance", "Applied Economics"; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
Practicum on Empirical Methods of Economic Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics: Research Programme"; 1 year, 1-4 module)Eng
Research Seminar (2d year) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics"; 2 year, 1, 3, 4 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2017/2018)

Corporate Governance (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Strategic Corporate Finance", "Applied Economics"; 1 year, 3 module)Eng
Corporate Governance (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics: Research Programme"; 2 year, 3 module)Eng
Practicum on Empirical Methods of Economic Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics"; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar (2d year) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics"; 2 year, 1, 3, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Microeconomic Analysis" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; programme "Economics: Research Programme"; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2012/2013)

Research Seminar "Labor Economics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Экономика труда"; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus

Courses (2011/2012)

Personnel Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; "Public and Municipal Finance", "Экономика труда", "Microeconomics: Theory and Policy Application", "History and Methdology of Economic Science", "Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policy", "Институциональная экономика", "Socio-economics and management of intangible assets"; 1 year, 4 module)Rus
Practicum on Empirical Methods of Economic Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Labor Economics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Экономика труда"; 2 year, 2, 4 module)Rus

Courses (2010/2011)

Personnel Economics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "History and Methdology of Economic Science"; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
Practicum on Empirical Methods of Economic Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Labor Economics" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; spec. "Экономика труда"; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus

Publications¹³

Preprint Lazareva O., Zakharov A. School Financing, Teacher Wages and Educational Outcomes: Evidence from the Russian School System / Social Science Research Network. Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2019. doi
Preprint Sprenger C., Lazareva O. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIAN UNLISTED FIRMS / NRU HSE. Series WP BRP 160/EC/2017 "BASIC RESEARCH PROGRAM WORKING PAPERS". 2017.
Article Lazareva O. Russian Migrants to Russia: Assimilation and Local Labor Market Effects // IZA Journal of Migration. 2015. No. 4:20 doi
Chapter Лазарева О. В. Влияет ли неформальность работников на благосостояние семей? // В кн.: В тени регулирования: неформальность на российском рынке труда / Под общ. ред.: В. Е. Гимпельсон, Р. И. Капелюшников. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014.
Preprint Lazareva O. Born in Transition: the Effect of Economic Shocks in Early Childhood on Health and Educational Outcomes / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series EC "Economics". 2012. No. 21.
Article Lazareva O., Juurikkala T. Non-Wage Benefits, Costs of Turnover and Labor Attachment // Economics of Transition. 2012. Vol. Vol. 20, . No. 1. P. 113-136.
Chapter Денисова И. А., Лазарева О. В. Подготовка на производстве: российский опыт // В кн.: Российский работник: образование, профессия, квалификация / Под общ. ред.: В. Е. Гимпельсон, Р. И. Капелюшников. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2011.
Chapter Lazareva O., Rachinsky A., Stepanov S. A survey of corporate governance in Russia, in: Corporate Governance in Transition Economies. Springer, 2009. doi
Preprint Lazareva O., Rachinsky A., Stepanov S. Corporate Governance, Ownership Structures and Investment in Transition Economies: the Case of Russia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan / Центр экономических и финансовых исследований и разработок в российской экономической школе, Российская экономическая школа. Series "CEFIR / NES Working Paper". 2008. No. 119.
Preprint Lazareva O., Rachinsky A., Stepanov S. A Survey of Corporate Governance in Russia / Центр экономических и финансовых исследований и разработок в российской экономической школе, Российская экономическая школа. Series "CEFIR / NES Working Paper". 2007. No. 103.
Preprint Лазарева О. В., Денисова И. А., Цухло С. В. Наем или переобучение: опыт российских предприятий / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP3 "Проблемы рынка труда". 2006. № 11.
Article Rachinsky A., Tsukhlo S., Guriev S., Lazareva O. Concentrated ownership, market for corporate control, and corporate governance // Problems of Economic Transition. 2004. Vol. 47. No. 3. P. 6-83.
Book Ружанская Л. С., Лазарева О. В., Рачинский А. Корпоративное управление. Екатеринбург : УрГУ, 2003.

Conferences

IZA/Higher School of Economics Workshop: Labor Market Adjustment in the Commonwealth of Independent States, Central Asia and China in the Wake of the Great Recession, Moscow, 2012
66th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (EEA-ESEM), Malaga, 2012
26th conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE), Bern, 2012
16th conference of the International Society for the New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Los-Angeles, 2012
ХII Annual International Conference of the Higher School of Economics, 2011
Х Annual International Conference of the Higher School of Economics, 2009
10th conference of the European Association of Comparative Economic Studies, Moscow, 2008
8th conference on Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Data (CAED), Budapest, 2008
Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Oslo, 2007
22th conference of the European Economic Association (EEA), Budapest, 2007
21th conference of the European Economic Association (EEA), Vienna, 2006
XXVIII conference of the Finnish Society for Economic Research, Helsinki, 2006
X Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Geneva, 2005
44th congress of the European Regional Science Association (ERSA), Porto, 2004
V Annual International Conference of the Higher School of Economics, 2004
7th conference of the International Society for the New Institutional Economics (ISNIE), Budapest, 2003

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Oct

2018

Research seminar "Childcare Costs and Timing of Maternal Employment Decisions after Childbirth"

Speaker: Natalia Gashenina (HSE Master Program graduate).

Feb

2018

Research seminar "Exit of Senior Age Cohorts From the Russian Labour Market"

Speaker: Irina Denisova (CEFIR)

Apr

2016

'We Follow the Traditions and Standards of the Best Business Schools'

In 2016, the Strategic Corporate Finance (SCF) programme is celebrating its 10^th anniversary and is becoming fully English-taught. Anastasia Stepanova, a graduate of the programme and its current academic director, told us about the unique features of studying in the programme.

Jul

2012

Ranking of HSE Authors in SSRN: July 2012

As of July 1st 2012, over 8000 authors have published their papers in the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). This number includes 150 members of the HSE staff.

May