Olga Shemyakina

Associate Professor

Member Of:
  • School of Economics
  • ADVANCE IAC
  • Development Studies Program
Office Location: Old CE Building, Room 322
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Overview

Dr. Shemyakina is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research examines the effects of violent conflict and subsequent instances of protracted economic and political instability on the behavior of households in various geographical and institutional settings.

Dr. Olga Shemyakina received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA in 2007 and joined the School of Economics in August 2007. Her research interests include applied microeconomics, development economics, labor economics, armed conflict, health, education, and gender.

Recent research studies and publications by Dr. Shemyakina have explored the short- and long-term effects of armed conflict on health and education of children, subjective well-being, migration, marriage, and labor market outcomes. Her particular focus has been on exploring gender-differentiated impact of conflicts. Dr. Shemyakina validates her research results by drawing on multiple sources of data and measures of conflict.

Dr. Shemyakina has been a Senior Affiliate with the Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) since 2007 and was appointed as an IZA Research Fellow in 2014. Dr. Shemyakina also worked on three research consulting projects for the World Bank studying links between armed conflict, education and gender.

Education:
  • Ph.D., University of Southern California
  • M.A., University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • M.A., Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP)
  • B.A., Kazakh State Academy of Management
Awards and
Distinctions:
  • 2024-2025, Jefferson Science Fellow, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine
Research Fields:
  • Applied Microeconomics
  • Development Economics
Issues:
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Armed Conflict
  • Conflicts
  • Education
  • Terrorism
Courses Taught:
  • ECON-2100: Economics and Policy
  • ECON-2101: The Global Economy
  • ECON-2105: Prin of Macroeconomics
  • ECON-2106: Prin of Microeconomics
  • ECON-4411: Economic Development
  • ECON-4415: Confl&Secur in DevCountr
  • ECON-4610: Seminar-Economic Policy
  • ECON-4699: Undergraduate Research
  • ECON-6360: Development Economics
  • ECON-7131: Development Economics I
  • ECON-8803: Special Topics
  • INTA-8803: Special Topics

Interests

Issues:
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Armed Conflict
  • Conflicts
  • Education
  • Terrorism

Courses

  • ECON-2100: Economics and Policy
  • ECON-2101: The Global Economy
  • ECON-2105: Prin of Macroeconomics
  • ECON-2106: Prin of Microeconomics
  • ECON-4411: Economic Development
  • ECON-4415: Confl&Secur in DevCountr
  • ECON-4610: Seminar-Economic Policy
  • ECON-4699: Undergraduate Research
  • ECON-6360: Development Economics
  • ECON-7131: Development Economics I
  • ECON-8803: Special Topics
  • INTA-8803: Special Topics

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

All Publications

Journal Articles