Research Interests: 

• Economics of education
• Higher education studies
• Policy evaluation
• Labour economics
• School-to-work transition
• Academic labour market
• Gender inequality
• Causal inference

Refereed Journal Articles

• Rudakov, V., & Muehleck, K. (2026). Student employment in Europe and subsequent labour market outcomes. Higher Education, in press.
• Rudakov, V., Kiryushina, M., Figueiredo, H., & Teixeira, P. N. (2023). Early career gender wage gaps among university graduates in Russia. International Journal of Manpower, 44(6), 1046–1070.
• Rudakov, V., Figueiredo, H., Teixeira, P., & Roshchin, S. (2022). Horizontal job–education mismatches and earnings of university graduates in Russia. Journal of Education and Work, 35(6–7), 680–699.
• Rudakov, V., & Prakhov, I. (2021). Gender differences in pay among university faculty in Russia. Higher Education Quarterly, 75(2), 278–301.
• Prakhov, I., & Rudakov, V. (2021). The determinants of faculty pay in Russian universities: Incentive contracts. European Journal of Higher Education, 11(4), 408–431.
• Rudakov, V., & Roshchin, S. (2019). The impact of student academic achievement on graduate salaries: The case of a leading Russian university. Journal of Education and Work, 32(2), 156–180.
• Roshchin, S., & Rudakov, V. (2017). Patterns of student employment in Russia. Journal of Education and Work, 30(3), 314–338.

Book Chapters

• Rudakov, V., Roshchin, S., Rozhkova, K., & Travkin, P. (2024). The massification of higher education and labour market outcomes of university graduates in Russia. In F. Suleman, P. Videira, & P. Teixeira (Eds.), Mass Higher Education and the Changing Labour Market for Graduates. Edward Elgar.
• Yudkevich, M. M., Altbach, P. G., De Wit, H., & Rudakov, V. (2020). Doctoral Education Worldwide: Key Trends and Realities. In Trends and Issues in Doctoral Education: A Global Perspective. SAGE.