Plamen Nikolov is a Research Affiliate at The University of Chicago's Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group and a Research Fellow of the Global Labor Organization. Under the direction of Lawrence Katz, Raj Chetty, and David Cutler, he received his doctorate from Harvard University and HSPH. He holds a master's degree in International Economics and Arabic/Middle East Studies from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC.

His expertise is in the design and execution of randomized control trials (RCTs) and cohort studies in resource-limited settings. Using mainly experimental methods (lab and field), his research spans the areas of development, labor, and public economics.
Dr. Nikolov has extensive field and work experience in Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tanzania, Kenya, South Africa, and Egypt.

Plamen Nikolov joined IZA as a Research Fellow in July 2019.

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