Olga Malkova

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

University of California, Irvine

Associate Editor, Journal of Population Economics

Faculty Affiliate, Center for Population, Inequality, and Policy (UC Irvine)

Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine, a Research Fellow of the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), and Associate Editor at the Journal of Population Economics. I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan. My research focuses on issues in labor economics, demography and health. My work estimated the causal effects of social programs across the life cycle such as transfers to reduce the cost of contraception, short-term transfers immediately after childbirth, annual child credits, aid programs to reduce college costs and pension benefits. Recent work estimates the effects of alcohol restrictions on health, the family, and children. My 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. Previously, I worked at the University of Kentucky, Department of Economics, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.