Maria Balgova

Maria is a Research Economist in the Structural Economics Division. She holds a PhD and MPhil from the University of Oxford and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining the Bank, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at IZA, taught at the Universities of Oxford and Bonn, and completed a 3-month fellowship at the Financial Times.

Her work focuses on various aspects of the labour market, particularly the dynamics of search and matching, geographic mobility, and the relationship between workers and employers.