Tamar (Tamri) Matiashvili

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2022 - 2023 Academic Year

The Effects of Introduction of Modern Medicine: the Case of the Russian Empire

The effects of the introduction of modern medicine are important to analyze both historically and in the context of today’s developing world, where millions have little access to doctors. There is minimal empirical work studying the immediate effects of the introduction of hospitals, and therefore doctors, nurses and medicines, on the population. I hope to fill this gap in the literature by documenting how the sudden, policy-induced, widespread introduction of modern medicine all over the vast Russian Empire in the second half of the 19th century affected various vital outcomes, including mortality, vaccinations, and even education.

Tamar (Tamri) Matiashvili, Department of Economics

Tamar (Tamri) Matiashvili is a PhD student in economics at Stanford University. Her research focuses on economic history and health economics, with special interest in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Matiashvili's current work mostly focuses on analyzing the effects of various historical public policies aimed at improving public health. Prior to her studies at Stanford Economics Department, Matiashvili worked as a research assistant to Professors Heidi Williams and Daniel Fetter at MIT and SIEPR, working on projects relating to innovation, healthcare and social security. Matiashvili received her BA in economics and psychology from Middlebury College in 2018.

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