- Snead Hall
- 301 W. Main Street
- Box 844000
- Richmond, VA, 23284-4000
- Alternate Website: https://www.petersavelyev.com/
Expertise
- Applied Microeconomics
- Applied Econometrics
- Health Economics
Interests
Teaching
- Courses developed:
Econ 501: Introduction to Econometrics (probability, mathematical statistics, OLS estimation and inference).
Econ 612: Econometrics (methods of causal inference using experimental and observational data among other advanced topics in econometrics).
Econ 642: Panel and Nonlinear Methods in Econometrics (panel and limited dependent variable models among other advanced topics in econometrics).
Econ 210: Principles of Microeconomics (gains from trade, demand, supply, elasticity, government policies, market efficiency, externalities, cost of production, perfect competition, monopoly, and oligopoly).
Research
- Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Atticus Bolyard and Peter A. Savelyev. “Understanding the Educational Attainment Polygenic Index and its Interactions with SES in Determining Health in Young Adulthood.” (June, 2024). Available at HCEO and SSRN. (Conditionally accepted by the Journal of Human Resources.)
Peter A. Savelyev, Benjamin Ward, Robert Krueger and Matt McGue. Health Endowments, Schooling Allocation in the Family, and Longevity: Evidence from US Twins. Journal of Health Economics, 81, 2022, 102554.
Peter A. Savelyev. Conscientiousness, Extraversion, College Education, and Longevity of High-Ability Individuals. Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 57, No 5, 2022, p. 1526-1565.
Kai Hong, Peter A. Savelyev, and Kegon Tan. Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity. Journal of Human Capital, Vol. 14, No 3, pp. 371-400, 2020.
Peter A. Savelyev and Kegon Tan. Socioemotional Skills, Education, and Health-Related Outcomes of High-Ability Individuals. American Journal of Health Economics. Vol. 5, No. 1, 2019, pp. 250-280.
James Heckman, Rodrigo Pinto, and Peter Savelyev. Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes. American Economic Review (2013) 103(6): 2052-2086.
James Heckman, Seong Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter Savelyev, and Adam Yavitz. Analyzing Social Experiments as Implemented: a Reexamination of the Evidence from the HighScope Perry Preschool Program. Journal of Quantitative Economics, 1 (2010) 1-46.
James Heckman, Seong Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter Savelyev, and Adam Yavitz. The Rate of Return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program. Journal of Public Economics, 94 (2010) 114-128.
Bio
Peter Savelyev is an Assistant Professor in Economics at The Virginia Commonwealth University. His primary research interests are in the fields of human capital, human development, genoeconomics, and health economics.
In his recent papers he investigates how genetic endowments, cognitive skills, socioemotional skills, and educational investments shape health and longevity, how parents allocate resources among their children based on children’s genetic endowments, and how children’s genetic endowments interact with parental socioeconomic status.
Prof. Savelyev completed his PhD in Economics at The University of Chicago in 2011. Prior to joining VCU in 2023 he worked at the College of William and Mary and at Vanderbilt University.
