Milena Nikolova

Research Fellow

University of Groningen

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Milena Nikolova is an Aletta Jacobs Professor of the Economics of Well-being and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the University of Groningen.


Between 2014 and 2017, Dr. Nikolova was a Research Associate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, where she is now a Research Fellow. She is also a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Bruegel, and a Fellow at GLO.


Prof. Nikolova serves as an Editor of the Journal of Population Economics.

Milena holds a Ph.D. in public policy from the University of Maryland, College Park (2014).

Milena Nikolova became an IZA Fellow in January 2018.

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IZA-Publikationen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 17182
Work Meaningfulness and Effort
Femke Cnossen, Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16960
Loud or Quiet Quitting? The Influence of Work Orientations on Effort and Turnover
Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16905
Gini Who? The Relationship between Inequality Perceptions and Life Satisfaction
Daniele Marchesi, Milena Nikolova, Viola Angelini
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16657
Echoes of the Past: The Enduring Impact of Communism on Contemporary Freedom of Speech Values
Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16656
Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen, Boris Nikolaev
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16610
Just Another Cog in the Machine? A Worker-Level View of Robotization and Tasks
Milena Nikolova, Anthony Lepinteur, Femke Cnossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 16541
The Societal Costs of Inflation and Unemployment
Olga Popova, Sarah Grace See, Milena Nikolova, Vladimir Otrachshenko
IZA Discussion Paper No. 15526
COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship Entry and Exit: Opportunity Amidst Adversity
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova, Milena Nikolova, Elena Tyurina
published in: Technology in Society, 2022, 71, 102093
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14909
Being Your Own Boss and Bossing Others: The Moderating Effect of Managing Others on Work Meaning and Autonomy for the Self-Employed and Employees
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, Christopher Boudreaux
published in: Small Business Economics. 2023, 60, 463–483
IZA Discussion Paper No. 14712
Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2023, 36(3), 1139–1185
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13187
The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev, Olga Popova
published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57(4), 1819-1836
IZA Discussion Paper No. 13112
What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It
Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12761
Former Communist Party Membership and Present-Day Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
published in: Small Business Economics, 2021, 57 (4), 1783-1800
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12326
Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust
Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova, Vladimir Otrachshenko
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 208, 104629
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11437
Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Artjoms Ivlevs, Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10774
Sometimes Your Best Just Ain't Good Enough: The Worldwide Evidence on Well-Being Efficiency
Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2021, 21(1), 83-114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10411
Your Spouse Is Fired! How Much Do You Care?
Milena Nikolova, Sinem H. Ayhan
revised version published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018, 32, 799- 844
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10226
Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia
Elena Nikolova, Milena Nikolova
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 49, 108 - 122 [Online Appendix]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10088
Happiness and Development
Milena Nikolova
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9636
Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
Milena Nikolova, Boris Nikolaev
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18, 1593 - 1623
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9540
Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45 (3), 658 - 684
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9484
Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition
Milena Nikolova
published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45 (Suppl.), 129 - 148
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8722
Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being
Carol Lee Graham, Milena Nikolova
published in: World Development, 2015, 68, 163 - 179
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8520
In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries
Milena Nikolova, Carol Lee Graham
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 112, 164-186
IZA World of Labor Article
Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies
Milena Nikolova
IZA Research Report No. 74
People to Jobs, Jobs to People: Global Mobility and Labor Migration
Werner Eichhorst, Tommaso Colussi, Martin Guzi, Martin Kahanec, Andreas Lichter, Milena Nikolova, Eric Sommer
Report commissioned by Randstad, Bonn 2017 (100 pages)
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