Roman Zakharenko Assistant Professor of Economics International College of Economics and Finance National Research Univeristy Higher School of Economics Mailing address: MIEF Office Zh 709 Pokrovski bulvar, 11 Moscow 109028 Russia Office phone: (+7) 495-772-9590, ext. 2296 Email: rzakharenko@hse.ru

Curriculum vitae

Working papers

The Role of Passionate Individuals in Economic Development (pdf)

Fertile of Influential? A Cultural Transmission Theory of Demographic Transition (pdf)

Human capital acquisition and international migration in a model of educational market (pdf). Conditionally accepted at Regional Science and Urban Economics

Differential Migration Prospects, Skill Formation, and Welfare, with Oded Stark (pdf). Forthcoming in Review of International Economics

Work in progress

International Trade and World Defense Spending, with Michael Seitz and Alexander Tarasov

Research interests

Applications of theoretical biology to economics; international migration; international trade; some applications of mechanism design.