Yulya Truskinovsky
Associate Professor, Economics Department
Faculty Associate, Aging Studies Institute
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)