
- 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 of Economics at Virginia Commonwealth University. His research focuses on human capital, human development, genoeconomics, and health economics. His recent work examines how genetic endowments, cognitive and socioemotional skills, and educational investments shape health and longevity; how parents allocate resources across children in response to children’s genetic endowments; and how genetic endowments interact with parental socioeconomic status. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago and previously served on the faculty of the College of William & Mary.