Biography
Mariam Kakhidze is a first-year PhD student in Public Affairs at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Her research interests include labor markets, public policy, economic inequality, and the effects of institutions and regulations on employment and earnings. Before beginning her PhD, she completed a Master of Public Policy at the Humphrey School and worked in public finance and policy analysis in the republic of Georgia. She is particularly interested in using applied econometric and demographic methods to study policy-relevant questions.