I am a university lecturer at the University of Helsinki (Finland) and a professor (on leave) at the New Economic School (Moscow, Russia). I study the economic history and historical political economy of Russia, Eastern Europe, and North Eurasia. The development of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union in the 18th – 20th centuries is at the center of my research. I focus on the interconnections between institutions and economic growth, the political economy of state socialism, and the long-run consequences of history. I have published in international refereed journals including American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Economic History, and Journal of Public Economics. The paper on Russian national income in 1913-1928 was awarded to Russian National prize in applied economics in 2011. I was a Marie Curie Research fellow at the University of Warwick in 2005–2007 and a national research fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford in 2014–2015.
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Research
Working projects
"Did Industrialization Increase Support for the Radical Left? Evidence from the 1917 Russian Revolution," with Paul Castañeda Dower. Revision requested by the Journal of Comparative Economics.
"A Regional Perspective on the Economic Development of the late Russian Empire".
"Social Mobility and Persistence of Elites in Times of Regime Change:
Evidence from the 1917 Russian Revolution," with Tom Eeckhout and Koen Schoors.
"Soviet Industrialization and American Skilled Labor: Transfer of Technologies and Productivity," with Torsten Santavirta.
"Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth in Planned vs. Market Economies" with Ufuk Akcigit, Richard Brauer, Javier Miranda, and Anna Zherdeva.
"Control through Empowerment: Evidence from Nation-Building in Soviet Central Asia," with Paul Castañeda Dower and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.
"American Relief and the Soviet Famine of 1921-22," with Volha Charnysh and Natalya Naumenko.
"A Regional Perspective on the Economic Development of the late Russian Empire".
"Social Mobility and Persistence of Elites in Times of Regime Change:
Evidence from the 1917 Russian Revolution," with Tom Eeckhout and Koen Schoors.
"Soviet Industrialization and American Skilled Labor: Transfer of Technologies and Productivity," with Torsten Santavirta.
"Firm Dynamics and Economic Growth in Planned vs. Market Economies" with Ufuk Akcigit, Richard Brauer, Javier Miranda, and Anna Zherdeva.
"Control through Empowerment: Evidence from Nation-Building in Soviet Central Asia," with Paul Castañeda Dower and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya.
"American Relief and the Soviet Famine of 1921-22," with Volha Charnysh and Natalya Naumenko.
Recently published
"The Causes of Ukrainian Famine Mortality, 1932–33," with Natalya Naumenko and Nancy Qian. Revision. The Review of Economic Studies, 2024, rdae091.
"New Russian Economic History," with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya and Sergei Guriev. The Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62(1), 47–114.
"The Value of a Statistical Life in a Dictatorship: Evidence from Stalin", with Paul Castañeda Dower and Shlomo Weber. European Economic Review. 2021, 133.
"The Stolypin Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Late Imperial Russia," with Paul Castañeda Dower. European Review of Economic History. 2019, 23(3): 241–267.
"Economic Effects of the Abolition of Serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire," with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya. The American Economic Review, 2018, 108(4–5): 1074–1117.
"New Russian Economic History," with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya and Sergei Guriev. The Journal of Economic Literature, 2024, 62(1), 47–114.
"The Value of a Statistical Life in a Dictatorship: Evidence from Stalin", with Paul Castañeda Dower and Shlomo Weber. European Economic Review. 2021, 133.
"The Stolypin Reform and Agricultural Productivity in Late Imperial Russia," with Paul Castañeda Dower. European Review of Economic History. 2019, 23(3): 241–267.
"Economic Effects of the Abolition of Serfdom: Evidence from the Russian Empire," with Ekaterina Zhuravskaya. The American Economic Review, 2018, 108(4–5): 1074–1117.
Data
This repository brings together data extracted from various published and unpublished sources. Its principal focus is Russian economic and social history of the last three centuries (18th-21st). Data are gathered along seven principal lines of inquiry: population, labour, industrial output, agricultural output, services, capital, land. There are five cross-sections of Russian history: 1795, 1858, 1897, 1959, 2002. Data are available online for all interested users
Contacts
Unit of Economic and Social History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki
PO 54 (Snellmaninkatu 14 A) 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
andrei.markevich@helsinki.fi
amarkevich@nes.ru
PO 54 (Snellmaninkatu 14 A) 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
andrei.markevich@helsinki.fi
amarkevich@nes.ru
