Vladimir Otrachshenko, PhD in Economics

Senior Researcher at:

Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU)

Justus Liebig University Giessen

35390 Giessen, Germany

I hold a Phd in Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal. I am generally interested in an applied microeconometrics research with policy implications. In my research I apply latent variable, latent class, factor mixture models, and diff-in-diff approaches. I am also interested in conducting field experiments to reveal the economic value of public goods.

My research interests: Environmental and Resource Economics, Health and Population Economics, Development Economics, Climate Change, Non-market Valuation of Public Goods, Field Experiments, and Quality of Life.

Activities and Events:

- Visiting Nazarbayev University, Astana, Jan. 23 - Feb. 11, 2024. 

- Recent OECD Reports (2023a, 2023b) feature our paper on climate change, fires, and tourism.

- Presentation. Rainfall variability and labor allocation in Uzbekistan: The role of women's empowerment, the DAAD workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, September 14-15, 2023.

- Discussant at the 15th Joint IOS/APB/EACES Summer Academy on "The role of migration in social and economic development of Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia", Tutzing, Germany, July 3-5, 2023.

- Presentation. Energy Efficiency, Market Competition, and Quality Certification:  Lessons from Central Asia, the 28-th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Limassol, Cyprus, June 27-30, 2023.

- Presentation. Energy Efficiency, Market Competition, and Quality Certification:  Lessons from Central Asia, New Advances in the Political Economy of Development in Eurasia, Nazarbayev University and European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Astana, June 1-3, 2023.

- Presentation. Energy Efficiency, Market Competition, and Quality Certification:  Lessons from Central Asia, the 1st SDSN Kazakhstan Conference, Nazarbayev University, Astana, May 30, 2023.

- Presentation. Energy Efficiency, Market Competition, and Quality Certification:  Lessons from Central Asia, SDGnexus Seminar, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, Nov. 16, 2022.

- Co-organizer of the Economics Section hosted by the German Association of East European Studies (DGO), Berlin, Germany, October 6-7, 2022.

- Presentation. Energy Efficiency and Quality Certification:  Lessons from Central Asia, at the 17th European Association for Comparative Economic Studies Conference, Naples, Italy, Sep. 15-17, 2022.

- Presentation. Climate Variability, Female Empowerment, and Household Employment Decisions, at the Summer Academy "Gender Inequality in Central and Eastern Europe: Labour Market in Focus", Tutzing, Germany, July 4-6, 2022.

- Presentation. Valuing Ecosystem Services, at the TIIAME, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 14, 2022.

 - Research Visit at the TIIAME, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, June 2-16, 2022. 

 - International Society for Quality of Life Studies: August 26, 16.00 (CEST), Religion and Happiness.

 - Global Labor Organization: July 8, 13.00-14.30 (UK/London), Does weather sharpen income inequality in Russia?

 - the European Society for Population Economics: June 19, 11.30-13.00 (CEST), Climate Change section.

 - the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: June 24, 10.00-12.00 (CEST), Labor and the Environment I section.

 - IZA Institute of Labor Economics & HSE, March 30, 14.00 (CET), Climate Variability, Female Empowerment, and Household Employment Decisions. 

 - the Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting 2021 (ASSA), January 4, 15.45-17.45 (EST).