Olga Demidova
- Olga Demidova has been at HSE University since 1998.
Education, Degrees and Academic Titles
- 2022
Doctor of Sciences*
HSE University - 2012Associate Professor
- 1999
Master's
HSE University - 1995
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematical Modelling, Numerical Methods and Software Complexes
Russian Academy of Sciences Dorodnitsyn Computation Center - 1989
Degree in Mathematics
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Mechanics and Mathematics
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.
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.
Awards and Accomplishments
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2022
Courses (2022/2023)
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Econometrics 1 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Econometrics 2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Spatial Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Geography and Geoinformation Technology; 3 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2021/2022)
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economics; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Management; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
Courses (2020/2021)
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Project Seminar (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1-3 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 1, 2 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Econometrics (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 1-4 module)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 3 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (Postgraduate course’s programme; 2 year, 2 semester)Rus
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Publications33
- Article Podkolzina E., Kuletskaya L., Demidova O. Spatial modelling of voting preferences: The “Mystery” of the Republic of Tatarstan // Applied Econometrics. 2022. Vol. 67. P. 74-96. doi
- Article Demidova O. Convergence of Russian Regions: Different Patterns for Poor, Middle and Rich // Economy of Region. 2021. Vol. 17. No. 4. P. 1151-1165. doi
- Article Demidova O., Kolyagina A., Pastore F. Marshallian vs Jacobs effects: Which is stronger? Evidence for Russia unemployment dynamics // Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 2020. Vol. 55. P. 244-258. doi
- Chapter Bartolucci F., Bashina A. S., Bruno G., Demidova O., Signorelli M. Job satisfaction among young Russian workers, in: Young people and the labour market / Ed. by F. E. Caroleo, O. Demidova, E. Marelli, M. Signorelli. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Ch. 8. P. 181-199. doi
- Article Demidova O., Daddi P., Medvedeva E., Signorelli M. Modeling the Employment Rate in Russia: a Spatial-Econometric Approach // Economy of Region. 2018. Vol. 14. No. 4. P. 1383-1398. doi
- Article Danilenko T., Demidova O., Signorelli M. Unemployment Clubs in Russian Regions // Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 2018. Vol. 54. No. 6. P. 1337-1357. doi
- Book Young people and the labour market / Ed. by F. E. Caroleo, O. Demidova, E. Marelli, M. Signorelli. London and New York: Routledge, 2018.
- Chapter Caroleo F. E., Demidova O., Marelli E., Signorelli M. Young people and the labour market: a review, in: Young people and the labour market / Ed. by F. E. Caroleo, O. Demidova, E. Marelli, M. Signorelli. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Ch. A review. P. 1-12. doi
- Chapter Parisi M. L., Marelli E., Demidova O. Youth unemployment, labour productivity and the evolution of the labour markets in Europe, in: Young people and the labour market / Ed. by F. E. Caroleo, O. Demidova, E. Marelli, M. Signorelli. London and New York: Routledge, 2018. Ch. 3. P. 65-81.
- Article Bartolucci F., Bruno G., Demidova O., Signorelli M. Job satisfaction and compensating wage differentials: Evidence from Russia // CESifo Economic Studies. 2017. Vol. 63. No. 3. P. 333-351. doi
- Article Demidova O. Chiara Mussida & Francesco Pastore (Eds.), Geographical Labor Market Imbalances: Recent Explanations and Cures (AIEL Series in Labour Economics) // Journal of Economics Bibliography. 2016. Vol. 3. No. 1. P. 148-154. doi
- Article Yakovlev A. A., Oleg Vyglovsky, Demidova O., Alexander Bashlyk. Incentives for Repeated Contracts in Public Sector: Empirical Study of Gasoline Procurement in Russia // International Journal of Procurement Management. 2016. Vol. 9. No. 3. P. 272-289. doi
- Preprint Yakovlev A. A., Выгловский О. В., Demidova O., Башлык А. Н. Incentives For Repeated Contracts In Public Sector: Empirical Study Of Gasoline Procurement In Russia / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PA "Public Administration". 2015. No. WP BRP 24/PA/2015 .
- Article Demidova O. Spatial effects for the eastern and western regions of Russia: a comparative analysis // International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 2. P. 153-168. doi
- Article Yakovlev A. A., Tkachenko A., Demidova O., Balaeva O. The Impacts of Different Regulatory Regimes on the Effectiveness of Public Procurement // International Journal of Public Administration. 2015. Vol. 38. No. 11. P. 796-814. doi
- Article Demidova O., Marelli E., Signorelli M. Youth labour market performances in the Russian and Italian regions // Economic Systems. 2015. Vol. 39. No. 1. P. 43-58. doi
- Preprint Tkachenko A., Yakovlev A., Demidova O., Volmenskikh I. Effects of Regulatory Reforms in Public Procurement: the Case of National University in Russia / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PA "Public Administration". 2014. No. WP BRP 19/PA/2014.
- Article Demidova O. How Russian and Ukrainian citizens perceive the role of immigrants in their country: a comparison with European residents // International Journal of Computational Economics and Econometrics. 2014. Vol. 4. No. 1/2. P. 181-206.
- Article Demidova O., Paas T. How people perceive immigrants’ role in their country’s life: a comparative study of Estonia and Russia // Eastern Journal of European Studies. 2014. Vol. 5. No. 2. P. 117-138.
- Preprint Demidova O. The asymmetric spatial effects for eastern and western regions of Russia / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2014. No. WP BRP 50/EC/2014.
- Preprint Yakovlev A. A., Bashina A. S., Demidova O. The effectiveness of simple homogeneous commodity procurement under rigid govermental regulation: the case of granulated sugar procurement in Russia / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PA "Public Administration". 2014. No. WP BRP 13/PA/2014.
- Preprint Yakovlev A. A., Tkachenko A., Demidova O., Balaeva O. An impact of different regulatory regimes on the effectiveness of public procurement / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series PA "Public Administration". 2013. No. WP BRP 08/PA/2013.
- Chapter Yakovlev A. A., Demidova O., Balaeva O. Empirical analysis of suppliers’ non-performance risks in execution of public procurement contracts in Russia., in: Charting a Course in Public Procurement Innovation and Knowledge Sharing / Ed. by G. L. Albano, K. F. Snider, K. V. Thai. Boca Raton : PrAcademics Pre, 2013. Ch. 10. P. 253-287.
- Article Demidova O., Marelli E., Signorelli M. Spatial Effects on Youth Unemployment Rate: The Case of Eastern and Western Russian Regions // Eastern European Economics. 2013. Vol. 51. No. 5. P. 94-124.
- Article Yakovlev A. A., Demidova O. Access of firms to public procurement in Russia in the 2000s: before and after radical reform of regulation // International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies. 2012. Vol. 5. No. 2. P. 140-157. doi
- Article Demidova O., Signorelli M. Determinants of youth unemployment in Russian regions // Post-Communist Economies. 2012. Vol. 24. No. 2. P. 191-217. doi
- Article Demidova O., Yakovlev A. A. State-business relations and participation of firms in public procurement in Russia: an empirical study // Journal of Public Procurement. 2012. Vol. 12. No. 4. P. 547-572.
- Chapter Demidova O., Im Gym D. How people of different countries consider an infringement of the law: the comparative econometric analysis, in: Contemporary Legal and Economic Issues III. Osijek : Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2011. P. 309-329.
- Chapter Yakovlev A., Demidova O. Regulatory reform and the practice of selecting suppliers for government procurements in Russia: 2005-2009, in: Towards New Horizons in Public Procurement. PrAcademics Press, 2011. Ch. 17. P. 389-411.
- Preprint Demidova O., Yakovlev A. A. State-Business Relations and Participation of Firms in Public Procurements in Russia: An Empirical Study / NRU HSE. Series WP1 "Институциональные проблемы российской экономики". 2011. No. 03.
- Article Demidova O., Signorelli M. The impact of crises on youth unemployment of Russian regions: an empirical analysis // China-USA Business Review. 2011. Vol. 10. No. 7. P. 491-507.
- Chapter Demidova O. Is the Kuznets Hypothesis Valid for Transition Countries?, in: Economic Growth and Structural Features of Transition / Ed. by E. Marelli, M. Signorelli. Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. Ch. 9. P. 189-205.
- Chapter Demidova O. How Russian citizens regard infringement of the law?, in: Contemporary Legal and Economic Issues II. Osijek : Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, 2009. P. 189-198.
Teaching Activities 2014-2015
Course “Econometrics” (Introductory level), lectures;
Course “Nonparametric Methods of Estimation”, lectures;
Course “Bayesian Approach in Econometrics”, lectures
Research Projects
2012-2015, Project "Youth Unemployment", Unit Coordinator, http://economia.uniparthenope.it/ise/YouthUnemployment/index.htm
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2011-2013, SEARCH Project, participant, http://www.ub.edu/searchproject
2013-2014, Individual Research Project “Spatial effects for eastern and western regions of Russia: comparative econometric analysis” supported by the HSE Research Fund
2010-2011, Individual Research Project No. 10-01-0140 “State-Business Relations and Participation of Firms in Public Procurements in Russia: An Empirical Study” supported by the HSE Research Fund
Presentations at Selected Conferences
International Conference "Modern econometric tools and applications", 18-20 September, 2014, NES, NRU HSE NN, Nizhny Novgorog, "Spatial effects of youth unemployment rate in the Russian and Italian regions" (with E.Marelli, M.Signorelli).
AIEL annual conference, 11-12 September, 2014, University of Pisa, Italy, "The spatial effects of youth unemployment rate for Italy and Russia" (with E.Marelli, M.Signorelli).
EACES bi-annual conference, 4-6 September, 2014, Budapest, Hungary, "Youth Labour Market in the Russian and Italian regions: comparative spatial analysis" (with E.Marelli, M.Signorelli), «Young people between unemployment and temporary jobs: a cross-country analysis of the low-skills trap in Europe and Russia» (with F.Pompei and C.Perugini).
54th ERSA Congress, 26-29 August, 2014, St.Petersburg, Russia.
III Scientific Conference "Spatial Econometrics and Regional Economic Analysis", 9-10 June, 2014, University of Lodz, Poland, "The spatial effects of youth unemployment rate" (with E.Marelli, M.Signorelli), "A comparative analysis of spatial effects for the eastern and western regions of Russia".
Workshop "New challenges for the labour market: spatial and institutional perspectives", 8-9 May, 2014, Universita degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Italy, "Youth Labour Market Performance in the Russian and Italian Regions" (with E.Marelli and M.Signorelli).
13th International Workshop "Spatial Econometrics and Statistics", 15-16 April, 2014, Universite de Toulon, France, "Spatial Effects of Youth Unemployment Rate in the Russian and Italian Regions", (with E.Marelli, M.Signorelli).
Western Regional Science Association 53rd Annual Meeting, 16-19 February, 2014, San Diego, "East is East and West is West: a comparative analysis for Russia"
SEARCH Project Final Academic Conference, 10-11 February, 2014, Barcelona, "A comparative analysis of people's attitudes towards immigrants in Estonia and Russia".
60th Annual North American Meeting of the Regional Science Association International, November 13-16, Atlanta, USA, "The spatial Effects for the Eastern and Western regions of Russia: the comparative analysis".
The 53rd European Regional Science Association, August 27-31, 2013, University of Palermo, Italy, "The spatial effects for the Eastern and Western regions of Russia: a comparative econometric analysis", http://www.ersa.org/53rd-ersa-congress/
Migration. Global Development, New Frontiers, April 10-13, 2013, UCL, London, UK, "A comparative analysis of the European, Russian, and Ukrainian residents' attitude toward immigrants".
The 12th European Association for Comparative Economic Studies Conference, 6-8 September 2012, University of the West of Scotland, "The European residents' attitude towards migrants: a comparative analysis based on the ESS data". http://www.uws.ac.uk/eaces2012/
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International Public Procurement Conference, August 17-19, Seattle, "State-Business relations and participations of firms in public procurement in Russia: an empirical study" (with A.Yakovlev) http://www.nigp.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx?Site=NIGP&webcode=evt-abtippc_12 DSC03827.JPG
"Determinants of public trust towards major political institutions in countries with economies in transition and in the OECD countries: the comparative analysis", 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, USA, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, 14-16 June 2012, http://www.isnie.org/isnie2012.html Demidova_2012_ISNIE.pdf DSC01824.JPG
“Access of firms to Public Procurement in Russia in the 2000s before and after Radical Reform of Regulation”, (with A.Yakovlev), Development Forum and CEDR-HSE 4th Joint Conference: A Comparison of Industrial Structure and Economic Policy in China and Russia, Wuhan University, China, September 22-25, 2011.
"Modeling of public trust in basic social and political institutions: a comparative econometric analysis", International Economic Association 16th World Congress, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 4-8 July 2011, www.iea-congress-2011.org ; 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for New Institutional Economics, Stanford University, USA, 16-18 June 2011, http://www.isnie.org/isnie2011.html Demidova_2011_ISNIE1.pdf DSC_0062.jpg
"Non-parametric investigation of the Kuznets hypothesis for transitional countries", 10-th EACES bi-annual conference "Patterns of transition and new approaches to comparative economics", HSE, Moscow, 28 - 30 August, 2008, http://eaces-conf2008.hse.ru/index.html Demidova_Kuznets_hypothesis_2008.pdf
First Sino-Russian Economic Cooperation Workshop—Economic Performance from Regional Aspects
The HSE Faculty of Economic Sciences and the School of Economics at Shanghai University have co-organised the First Sino-Russian Workshop on ‘Economic Performance from Regional Aspects’. The researchers discussed how they detected and assessed the effects of different economic policies in Russia and China at a regional level.
Research Projects to be Presented at the First Sino-Russian Economics Cooperation Workshop
Sino-Russian Economic Cooperation Workshop "Economic Performance from Regional Aspects" organized by the HSE University Centre for Spatial Econometrics in Applied Macroeconomic Research and the Shanghai University School of Economics to be held on 5th November 2022 at 3 pm Shanghai time, 10 am Moscow time
‘Gaining Practical Knowledge and Learning to Do a Lot in a Short Time’—The Life of an HSE PhD Student
Milica Simonovic, from Belgrade, Serbia, is a doctoral student at the HSE University Faculty of Economic Sciences. She is currently working on her doctoral thesis on corporate governance and intellectual capital disclosure. We interviewed Milica to find out more about her thesis and her experience of the university’s application process for PhD students.
A. Demyanenko participated in ERSA Congress
Artem Demyanenko successfully gave a presentation «The impact of public health spending on economic growth in Russia: a regional aspect» (co-authors O. Demidova, E. Kayasheva) at the 60th European Regional Science Association Congress.
CSEAMR participation in the SEA 2021 conference
Members of our research group successfully participated in XV World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association.
‘The Opening of the Full-time Advanced Doctoral Programme Was a Gift from Fate for Me’
In 2010, HSE University launched the Full-time Advanced Doctoral Programme, an innovative programme for doctoral students at that time. At the beginning of 2021, an alumna of the programme’s first cohort became the first programme graduate to earn her Doctor of Sciences degree: Elena Vakulenko, Assistant Professor at HSE University’s Faculty of Economic Sciences. In an interview with HSE News Service, the professor discussed her academic career.
‘My Research Interests Took Shape When I Was a Master’s Student’
Zaruhi Hakobyan earned her Bachelor’s degree in Yerevan, her Master’s from HSE University, and her PhD from both HSE University and the University of Luxembourg. She spoke to the HSE News Service about the differences in academic approaches at various universities.
CSEAMR participation in NARSC 2020 conference.
Olga Demidova made a presentation "Partial marginal effects for spatial models on the example of wage curve for Russia" on the NARSC 2020 Virtual Conference.
RWG academic seminar
Academic seminar of the Centre for Spatial Econometrics in Applied Macroeconomic Research was held on the 28th of October where Lada Kuletskaya gave a presentation «Spatial modelling of voting preferences: the “mystery” of the Republic of Tatarstan» (in co-authorship with O. Demidova and E. Podkolzina).
CSEAMR staff members participation in META2020
Members of our research group actively participated in the VII-th International Conference “Modern Econometrics Tools and Applications” (META2020)
HSE Staff Members Receive Acknowledgement Medals
Following a directive of the Rector, key HSE staff members have been awarded ‘Acknowledgement’ medals for their high professional achievements and devotion to work.
Research seminar "Cross-Regional Variations in the Level of Entrepreneurial Activity in Russia by Type of Motivation"
Speaker - Vladimir Elakhovsky (HSE Department of Statistics and Data Analysis)
‘Economists should help policymakers to find solutions to this challenge to provide a forum where young people and adults may clash without resorting to the barricades ’
Researchers from Italy have been working on a joint project with the HSE’s Professor Olga Demidova looking at “The Political Economy of Youth Unemployment”. Professor Enrico Marelli, and Prof. Maria Laura Parisi, Economists at the University of Brescia and Elina De Simone from the University of Naples Parthenope, answered the HSE news portal’s questions about their research into youth unemployment in Russia and Italy.