Olga Rastrigina

Research Fellow

Olga Rastrigina has been a BICEPS Research Fellow since 2006. Her main research interests are in the areas of labour economics, entrepreneurship, economics of education and applied econometrics.

Currently, Olga is involved in the research programme on entrepreneurship development in Latvia. She is the leading researcher and the national coordinator of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor in Latvia. Olga is also involved in teaching at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Expertise

Entrepreneurship

Labour economics

Applied econometrics

Economics of education

Education

M.A. in economics, Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), 2005

B.A. in economics, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia), 2003

Previous Positions

Econometrician, Monetary Policy Department, Bank of Latvia

Research Assistant, BICEPS

Research Assistant, Eurofaculty, University of Latvia

Selected publications

Hazans, Mihails, Ija Trapeznikova, and Olga Rastrigina “Ethnic and parental effects on schooling outcomes before and during the transition: evidence from the Baltic countries”, Journal of Population Economics, Springer, vol. 21(3), 719-749. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=699443

Dombrovsky, V., O. Rastrigina and A. Jakobsons (2007), “Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2006 Latvia Report”, TeliaSonera Institute, BICEPS, SSE Riga. (Available here)

Trapeznikova,Ija, Olga Rastrigina, and Jelena Popova, (2003). “Part-time Employment and Underemployment in the Latvian Labour Market”, Baltic Journal of Economics, Vol. 3, No 2, pp. 42-58.

Other info:

E-mail olga@biceps.org
Phone (+371) 67 015 862