• THE OCCURRENCE OF LIFE-THREATENING DISEASES AND HEALTH INSURANCE CHOICE 

  Ramankulova, Gulnaz (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  This thesis studies the impact of life-threatening illnesses on individuals’ health insurance choice. After experiencing health shock, an individual makes both immediate and long-term adjustments to insurance decisions. ...
• RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, EMPLOYMENT CHOICES AND GENDER NORMS 

  Talapkerova, Lola (School of Sciences and Humanities, 2023)

  Religious values do not disappear in modern society: they adapt and continue to shape the consciousness of people worldwide. This paper studies how religious beliefs influence people’s economic decisions and their gender ...
• THE EFFECT OF ANTI-TOBACCO POLICIES IN RUSSIA ON FILTERED CIGARETTES CONSUMPTION 

  Dyussembayeva, Gulnar (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022-05)

  In 2013, the anti-tobacco policy in the Russian Federation was changed substantially as a result of joining the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. This paper analyzes the effect of these anti-tobacco measures ...
• DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN EARLY AND POST-GRADUATION WORK EXPERIENCE: THE EFFECT OF WORKING WHILE STUDYING AT UNIVERSITY ON FUTURE LABOR MARKET PRODUCTIVITY IN RUSSIA 

  Andrus, Yuliya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022-05)

  This study examines the effect of early work experience on future labor market outcomes in Russia, taking into account the work intensity. The paper aims to identify the wage returns associated with working while studying ...
• MATERNITY CAPITAL AND THE MOTHERHOOD WAGE PENALTY: EVIDENCE FROM RUSSIA 

  Rustem, Kenzhetayev (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2022-05)

  This paper analyzes the implications of the maternity capital policy on the earnings of mothers with one or two children under 18 in Russia. The main goals of this paper are to obtain the most recent estimates of the ...
• RISKY INVESTMENT DECISIONS OF THE ELDERLY 

  Kaldarov, Sanzhar (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

  This paper analyzes the risky investment decisions of the elderly in the United States. Utilizing the Health and Retirement Study data for 2002-2008, I first exam ine the effects of different factors on risky asset ownership ...
• EXCHANGE RATE DYNAMICS AND MONETARY POLICY IN A SMALL OPEN ECONOMY: A DSGE MODEL FOR KAZAKHSTAN 

  Kabzhalyalova, Madina (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

  Shift to floating exchange rate regime is controversial decision to commodity oriented economy of Kazakhstan. Increase in volatility of nominal exchange rate is believed to bring deterioration of main macroeconomic ...
• EFFECT OF NEGATIVE INTEREST RATE POLICY (NIRP) ON BANK PROFITABILITY: CROSS-COUNTRY ECONOMETRIC STUDY 

  Kopbayev, Alim (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

  The Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) introduction was dictated with an expansionary motive of the central banks. Unconventional monetary policy is still not fully analyzed, and there are no signs that in the future ...
• TRADE VERSUS BANK CREDIT 

  Token, Aizat (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06)

  This study analyzes the relationship between trade and bank credit, considering them as jointly determined variables. The relative sizes of bank and trade credit to sales are modeled in a two-equation system, allowing ...
• EDUCATION ACROSS THE RURAL-URBAN SPECTRUM IN NIGER 

  Zhakhina, Aiym (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2021-06-23)

  This paper investigates whether and how key education indicators for children of school-going age differ across rural-urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa. Data from the World Inequality Database on Education (WIDE) reveals ...
• The Effect of the Recent Anti-Tobacco Policies on Curbing Smoking in Kazakhstan 

  Bakbergenova, Meruyert (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020)

  This paper analyzes the effects of recent tobacco control policies on smoking behavior in Kazakhstan. Exploiting data on cigarette smoking from the Global Adults Tobacco Survey (GATS) collected in 2014 and the Multiple ...
• Pension reforms in Kazakhstan using an OLG model 

  Abdikarim, Uldana (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-07-28)

  The aim of this paper was to study the effects of recently introduced pension reform in Kazakhstan on the welfare of the country. The effect of increase in mandatory retirement age for women from 58 to 63 was of primary ...
• Backward algorithm and abstract graphs in zero-sum games 

  Iklassov, Zangir (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-01)

  With the beginning of the computer age, solving many problems in game theory has become easier. However, there is a whole class of well-known problems such as chess, checkers, go and so on, the methods of solving which ...
• Is Eurasian Customs Union Trade Creating? Gravity Model Analysis 

  Smailova, Bayan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-01)

  The paper presents a thorough analysis of the consequences of economic integration for the countries of the Eurasian Customs Union. The main objective of the paper is to evaluate the economic efficiency of the Union by ...
• Water sharing in Fergana Valley 

  Akhmedyarova, Akbobek (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-19)

  This paper proposes a Social planner, Nash-Bargaining and Market-based allocations of water between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, as well as the strategic interaction of those countries under serial monopoly setting. It is ...
• The Impact of Remittances on Household Welfare: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan 

  Turarova, Naziya (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-04-01)

  n this paper I study the impact of remittances on household welfare in Kyrgyzstan. I deploy asset indices calculated using Principal Component Analysis and asset accumulation over four years (2010-2013) to measure the ...
• An Assessment of Macroeconomic Performance Indicators in Kazakhstan Via Factor Models 

  Rashitov, Yelaman (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-15)

  We use factor models to assess accuracy of macroeconomic performance indicators in Kazakhstan over 2011-2018. Specifically, the annual GDP growth rate and unemployment rate are analyzed based on the fundamental factors ...
• The Economic Impact of Public Investment and Russian Import Ban on Russian Economy: A CGE Analysis 

  Kazymov, Ramin (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-05-02)

  In this study, we estimate the impact of Russian import ban and change in public investment on the economy of Russia, mainly on the sectoral production. We apply the recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model ...
• The Short-Term Wage Growth Rate After Unemployment: The Case of Unemployment in Russia 

  Issimbayeva, Gulmira (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2020-04-29)

  Issimbayeva, G. (2020). The Short-Term Wage Growth Rate After Unemployment: The Case of Unemployment in Russia (Master’s thesis, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan). Retrieved from https://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle ...
• DETERMINANTS OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND THE 2015 FINANCIAL CRISIS: EVIDENCE FROM KAZAKHSTAN 

  Ibrayev, Muratkhan (Nazarbayev University School of Sciences and Humanities, 2018)

  This study aims to investigate the determinants of capital structure in Kazakhstan and to analyze the e ects of the 2015 nancial crisis in Kazakhstan on the determinants of the capital structure of large rms. The ...

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