Yulya Truskinovsky
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
Faculty Mentor, Policy, Place, Population Health and Aging Program
Research Affiliate, Center for Policy Research
Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Courses
- 2025 Fall
- ECN 310 Special Topics In Economics - Health Economics
Highest degree earned
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on Long-Term Care for High Need Older Adults with and without Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia.", Sponsored by National Institute on Aging.
"Family Caregiving and Labor Supply: Evidence from ADRD-Related Deaths in Denmark", Sponsored by Hopkins’ Economics of Alzheimer’s Disease & Services (HEADS) Center Pilot Grant.
"Does Expanding Medicaid Managed Long-Term Care Improve Quality? Evidence from Wisconsin", Sponsored by National Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America.
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
- Patterson, S. E., Agree, E. M., Birditt, K., Truskinovsky, Y. and Freedman, V. A., "A Perspective on Making “Invisible” Care Visible Through Time Use Data." Journal of Aging & Social Policy, 2025.
- Truskinovsky, Y., Freedman, V. A., Hoffman, G. J., Leggett, A. N. and Wiemers, E., "Changes in Long-term Services and Supports Among Adults With and Without Dementia During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic." Albert, S. M. (ed.) Innovation in Aging, 2025.
- Maestas, N., Messel, M. and Truskinovsky, Y., "Caregiving and Labor Supply: New Evidence from Administrative Data." Journal of Labor Economics, 2024.
- Freedman, V. A., Agree, E. M., Seltzer, J. A., Birditt, K. S., Fingerman, K. L., Friedman, E. M., Lin, I., Margolis, R., Park, S. S., Patterson, S. E., Polenick, C. A., Reczek, R., Reyes, A. M., Truskinovsky, Y., Wiemers, E. E., Wu, H., Wolf, D. A., Wolff, J. L. and Zarit, S. H., "The Changing Demography of Late-Life Family Caregiving: A Research Agenda to Understand Future Care Networks for an Aging U.S. Population." Meeks, S. (ed.) The Gerontologist, 2024.
- Truskinovsky, Y., Wiemers, E. E., "Paid Care Among Older Adult with Long-term Care Needs Declined in the First Year of COVID-19 While Families Stepped In." Health Affairs Scholar, 2023.
- Truskinovsky, Y., "The Unintended Consequences of Informal Childcare Subsidies for Older Women’s Retirement Security." Journal of Human Resources, 2023.
- Mommaerts, C., Truskinovsky, Y., "Is All Caregiving Created Equal? A Comparison of Caregiving to Children and Adults." AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2023.
- Truskinovsky, Y., Finlay, J. M. and Kobayashi, L. C., "Caregiving in a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the Well-Being of Family Caregivers 55+ in the United States." Medical Care Research and Review, 2022.
- Mohanan, M., Donato, K., Miller, G., Truskinovsky, Y. and Vera-Hernández, M., "Different Strokes for Different Folks? Experimental Evidence on the Effectiveness of Input and Output Incentive Contracts for Health Care Providers with Varying Skills." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021.
- Book Chapter
- Ananat, E., Gassman-Pines, A. and Truskinovsky, Y., "Increasing Instability and Uncertainty Among Low-Wage Workers: Implications for Inequality and Potential Policy Solutions." In Who Gets What? The New Politics of Insecurity. Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- Abstracts
- Kim, S., Truskinovsky, Y. and Wiemers, E., "Older Adults’ Expectations of Living in Nursing Home Declined during the Pandemic." Innovation in Aging, 2025.
- Leggett, A., Truskinovsky, Y., Freedman, V., Wiemers, E., Corman, J. and Hoffman, G., "CHANGES IN CARE TRAJECTORIES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH CARE NEEDS." Innovation in Aging, 2024.
- Technical Report
- Pepin, G., Truskinovsky, Y., The Child and Dependent Care Credit: Unlike Trix, Not Just for Kids. W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2023.
Honors and Accolades
Referee of the Year , American Journal of Health Economics (2024 - 2024)
Dissertation Fellowship, Boston College Center for Retirement Research (2015 - 2016)
Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, Duke University (2015)
Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, Duke University (2014)
Henken Graduate Fellowship, Tufts University (2008 - 2009)