Tamara’s thesis consists of three self-contained essays in economics.

In the first essay, Tamara studies the impact of changes on the labor market induced by the adoption of a new computer based technology on the family fertility outcomes in the US in 1980-2018. More precisely, she is interested in what impact simultaneous changes in the labor market opportunities of both partners in a household induced by the adoption of computer-based technology in the late 1970s had on family fertility outcomes in the US in 1980-2018.
 
In the second essay, Tamara analyzes what was the effect of changes on the labor market induced by structural change on family formation in the US in 1970-2018. In particular, she studies how the polarization of earnings caused by structural change affected how similar marriage partners were with respect to earnings in the US in 1970-2018.
 
In the third and last essay, Tamara investigates the effect of graduating from
institutes of higher education in a bad economy in Russia in 2000-2016. In particular, she studies the effect of starting a career under unfavorable economic conditions for the whole population of college graduates, the gender difference in the effect and the potential mechanisms behind the estimated effects.

We would like to thank Hans Grönqvist for a great discussion.

We would also like to express our sincerest congratulations to Tamara on her PhD and wish her all the best in her future endeavours!