Peter Savelyev is an Assistant Professor in Economics at The Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. His primary research interests are in the fields of human capital, human development, genoeconomics, and health economics.

In his recent papers he investigates how genetic endowments, cognitive skills, socioemotional skills, and educational investments shape health and longevity, how parents allocate resources among their children based on children’s genetic endowments, and how children’s genetic endowments interact with parental socioeconomic status.

Prof. Savelyev completed his PhD in Economics at The University of Chicago in 2011. Prior to joining VCU in 2023 he worked at the College of William and Mary and at Vanderbilt University.