Dr Irina Merkurieva

Dr Irina Merkurieva joined the School of Economics and Finance at St Andrews as a lecturer (assistant professor) in 2014 after after completing her PhD in Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and got tenure in 2018. Previously she worked at the Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg State University.

Dr Merkurieva is a labour economist with research interests in the dynamics of employment behaviour over the life cycle, search and matching, health and ageing.

At St Andrews, she has taught EC5203 Econometric Methods and Applications, EC4411 Economics of Labour, and EC2203 Statistics for Economists.

Contact information

• Email: [email protected]
• Telephone: +44 (0)1334 461952

Research links

• Curriculum vita
• Personal website
• Google Scholar
• St Andrews research page

Selected Publications and Working Papers

• “Late Career Job Loss and the Decision to Retire” International Economic Review 60(1):259-282 (February 2019).
• “Coordinating the Household Retirement Decision,” University of St Andrews School of Economics and Finance Discussion Paper 1707 (June 2018).
• “The Implications of Unintended Pregnancies for Mental Health in Later Life” (with P. Herd, J. Higgins and K. Sicinski), American Journal of Public Health 106(3):421-429 (March 2016).
• “Disability Incidence and Official Health Status Transitions in Russia” (with C.M. Becker) Economics and Human Biology 10(1):74-88 (January 2012).