Milena Nikolova

Research Fellow

University of Groningen

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Milena is an Assistant Professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the University of Groningen.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland – College Park in 2014. Her research focuses on subjective well-being, migration, civil society and nonprofits, and transition economies.

Milena was a Research Associate at IZA from September 2014 to December 2017. She is also a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Milena Nikolova became an IZA Fellow in January 2018.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12326
Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust
Milena Nikolova, Olga Popova, Vladimir Otrachshenko
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10411
Your Spouse Is Fired! How Much Do You Care?
Milena Nikolova, Sinem H. Ayhan
revised version is published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2018. [Journal link]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 10226
Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia
Elena Nikolova, Milena Nikolova
published in: European Journal of Political Economy [Link] [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 [Online]
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 [Online]
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 [Online]
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 [Online]
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