Olga Shemyakina
Contact Information
Dr. Olga Shemyakina is an Assistant Professor in the School of Economics. She received her BA in Accounting from the Kazakh State Academy of Management, her MA in Economics from Kazakhstan Institute of Management and the University of Massachusetts, and her PhD in Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Her teaching and research interests include development economics, armed conflict, applied microeconomics, education and health. Her native language is Russian.
Publications
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"Child Health and Conflict in Cote d’Ivoire"
with Camelia Minoiu, forthcoming in American Economic Review Papers &Proceedings May 2012.
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"The Effect of Armed Conflict on Accumulation of Schooling: Results from Tajikistan"
the Journal of Development Economics, 2011, 95(2), pp.186-200.
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"Labor Market, Education and Armed Conflict in Tajikistan"
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper #5738 (peer reviewed, online research paper series), 2011.
Selected Working Papers
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"Armed Conflict, Household Victimization and Child Health in Côte d'Ivoire"
with Camelia Minoiu
ECINEQ Working Paper 245 -
"The Effect Of Armed Conflict On The Marriage Market And Female Reproductive Behavior"
Households in Conflict Network Working Paper N66
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"Migration, Remittances and Labor Supply in Tajikistan"
joint with Patricia Justino
Households in Conflict WP83, Institute of Development Studies WP 388 -
"Life Satisfaction, Ethnicity and Conflict Exposure: Evidence from Bosnia-Herzegovina"
joint with Anke C. Plagnol
Along with material damage, civil war inflicts pain and suffering on populations, potentially impacting their subjective well-being. This study seeks to answer the following questions: What is the effect of civil war on affected individuals' subjective well-being, and how does it evolve in the post-conflict period? Is there evidence of recovery? To answer these questions, we analyze the subjective well-being of ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the 1992-1995 Bosnian War. Our identification strategy relies on both regional and individual-level variation in exposure to the conflict. We find that individual war-related trauma has a negative, significant, and lasting impact on subjective well-being. However, in the aftermath of conflict there is improvement in subjective well-being when exposure to the war is measured at the regional level, e.g., with casualty rates or damage to the stock of housing, suggesting a process of adaptation or healing.
News
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September 12, 2011In memoriam: Phil McKnight, School of Modern Languages Chair
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August 18, 2011IAC Launches Student Ambassador Program
Events
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LCC Co-hosts Science Fiction Event
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Gaming the Humanities
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