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Working papers

2026

  1. Marchesi, Daniele & Angelini, Viola & Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2026, "Early-Life Adversity and Preferences for Redistribution: A Global Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18622, May.
  2. Nikolova, Milena, 2026, "Let Me Check on You: Job Quality Under AI and Human Oversight," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18782, Jul.
  3. Nikolova, Milena & Milanova, Vilian & Wang, Feicheng, 2026, "When AI Does the Work: Does Attribution Shape Meaning and Effort?," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18784, Jul.

2025

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Angrisani, Marco, 2025, "The Impact of Learning about AI Advancements on Trust," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 17635, Jan.
  2. Nikolova, Milena, 2025, "Work Orientations and Economics," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 18056, Aug.
  3. Olga Popova & Milena Nikolova & Sarah Grace See & Vladimir Otrachshenko, 2025, "Inflation, unemployment, and institutional trust: The global evidence," Working and Discussion Papers, Research Department, National Bank of Slovakia, number WP 6/2025, Jun.

2024

  1. Marchesi, Daniele & Nikolova, Milena & Angelini, Viola, 2024, "Gini Who? The Relationship between Inequality Perceptions and Life Satisfaction," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16905, Apr.
  2. Nikolova, Milena, 2024, "Loud or Quiet Quitting? The Influence of Work Orientations on Effort and Turnover," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16960, Apr.
  3. Cnossen, Femke & Nikolova, Milena, 2024, "Work Meaningfulness and Effort," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 17182, Jul.

2023

  1. Milena Nikolova & Olga Popova, 2023, "Echoes of the Past: The Enduring Impact of Communism on Contemporary Freedom of Speech Values," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 1202.
  2. Popova, Olga & See, Sarah Grace & Nikolova, Milena & Otrachshenko, Vladimir, 2023, "The Societal Costs of Inflation and Unemployment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16541, Oct.
  3. Nikolova, Milena & Lepinteur, Anthony & Cnossen, Femke, 2023, "Just Another Cog in the Machine? A Worker-Level View of Robotization and Tasks," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16610, Nov.
  4. Nikolova, Milena & Cnossen, Femke & Nikolaev, Boris, 2023, "Robots, Meaning, and Self-Determination," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 16656, Dec.

2022

  1. Otrachshenko, Vladimir & Popova, Olga & Nikolova, Milena & Tyurina, Elena, 2022, "COVID-19 and Entrepreneurship Entry and Exit: Opportunity Amidst Adversity," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 15526, Aug.
  2. Maria Dolores Almeida & Huascar Eguino & Juan Luis Gomez Reino & Axel Radics, 2022, "Decentralized Governance and Climate Change in Latin America and the Caribbean," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, number paper2207, Nov.

2021

  1. Otrachshenko, Vladimir & Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2021, "Double-Edged Sword: Persistent Effects of Communism on Life Satisfaction," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 14712, Sep.
  2. Nikolova, Milena & Nikolaev, Boris & Boudreaux, Christopher, 2021, "Being Your Own Boss and Bossing Others: The Moderating Effect of Managing Others on Work Meaning and Autonomy for the Self-Employed and Employees," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 14909, Dec.

2020

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Cnossen, Femke, 2020, "What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13112, Apr.
  2. Nikolova, Milena & Nikolaev, Boris & Popova, Olga, 2020, "The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 13187, Apr.
  3. Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2020, "Sometimes your best just ain't good enough: The worldwide evidence on subjective well-being efficiency," GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO), number 596.
  4. Nikolova, Milena & Graham, Carol, 2020, "The Economics of Happiness," GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO), number 640.

2019

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga & Otrachshenko, Vladimir, 2019, "Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 12326, Apr.
  2. Ivlevs, Artjoms & Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2019, "Former Communist Party Membership and Present-Day Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 12761, Nov.

2018

  1. Andres,Luis Alberto & Bhatt,Samir & Dasgupta,Basab & Echenique,Juan A. & Gething,Peter William & Grabinsky Zabludovsky,Jonathan & Joseph,George, 2018, "Geo-spatial modeling of access to water and sanitation in Nigeria," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 8357, Feb.
  2. Artjoms Ivlevs & Milena Nikolova & Carol Graham, 2018, "Emigration, remittances and the subjective well-being of those staying behind," Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group, number 2018-024, May.
  3. Nikolova, Milena & Nikolaev, Boris N., 2018, "Family matters: involuntary parental unemployment during childhood and subjective well-being later in life," GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO), number 212.
  4. Nikolova, Milena, 2018, "Self-Employment Can Be Good for Your Health," GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO), number 226.

2017

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2017, "Sometimes Your Best Just Ain't Good Enough: The Worldwide Evidence on Well-Being Efficiency," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10774, May.
  2. Eichhorst, Werner & Colussi, Tommaso & Guzi, Martin & Kahanec, Martin & Lichter, Andreas & Nikolova, Milena & Sommer, Eric, 2017, "People to Jobs, Jobs to People: Global Mobility and Labor Migration," IZA Research Reports, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 74, Mar.

2016

  1. Klaus F. Zimmermann & Monica Roman & Milena Nikolova, 2016, "Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries," Discussion Papers, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI), number 36, Jan.
  2. Milena Nikolova & Sinem Ayhan, 2016, "Your Spouse Is Fired! How Much Do You Care?," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), number 891.
  3. Nikolova, Milena, 2016, "Happiness and Development," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10088, Jul.
  4. Nikolova, Elena & Nikolova, Milena, 2016, "Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 10226, Sep.
  5. Nikolova, Milena & Nikolaev, Boris, 2016, "Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9636, Jan.

2015

  1. Nikolova, Milena, 2015, "Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 9484, Nov.

2014

  1. Andres, Luis A. & Briceno, Bertha & Chase, Claire & Echenique, Juan A., 2014, "Sanitation and externalities : evidence from early childhood health in rural India," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 6737, Jan.
  2. Nikolova, Milena & Graham, Carol Lee, 2014, "In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 8520, Oct.
  3. Graham, Carol Lee & Nikolova, Milena, 2014, "Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being," IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER, number 8722, Dec.

2013

  1. Carol Graham & Milena Nikolova, 2013, "Happy Peasants and Frustrated Achievers? Agency, Capabilities, and Subjective Well-Being," Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group, number 2013-013, Sep.

2009

  1. Farmanesh, Amir, 2009, "Regional dimensions of economic development in Iran: A new economic geography approach," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 13580, Jan.

2006

  1. Farmanesh, Amir & Ortiz Bobea, Ariel & Sarwar, Jisha & Hasegawa, Tamiko, 2006, "Speaking the Same Language within the International Organizations; A Proposal for an Enhanced Evaluation Approach to Measure and Compare Success of International Organizations," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 15146, Jun.

2005

  1. Farmanesh, Amir & Ashton, Melanie & Davila-Ortega, Luis & Freeburg, Emily & Kamping, Catherine & Marquez, Solange & Neil, Cameron & Bartlett, Richard, 2005, "Youth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 14434, Apr.

Journal articles

2026

  1. Olga Popova & Milena Nikolova & Sarah Grace See & Vladimir Otrachshenko, 2026, "Inflation, unemployment, and institutional trust: the global evidence," Oxford Economic Papers, Oxford University Press, volume 78, issue 1, pages 157-178.
  2. Milena Nikolova & Juliette de Wit, 2026, "Work orientations and turnover," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, volume 39, issue 3, pages 1-38, September, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-026-01176-w.

2025

  1. Milena Nikolova & Anthony Lepinteur & Femke Cnossen, 2025, "Just another cog in the machine? A worker‐level view of robotization and tasks," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, volume 92, issue 368, pages 1101-1148, October, DOI: 10.1111/ecca.70006.
  2. Cnossen, Femke & Nikolova, Milena, 2025, "Work meaningfulness and effort," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, volume 119, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2025.102460.
  3. Nikolova, Milena & Angrisani, Marco, 2025, "The impact of learning about AI advancements on trust," Technology in Society, Elsevier, volume 83, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2025.102958.

2024

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga, 2024, "Echoes of the past: The enduring impact of communism on contemporary freedom of speech values," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 227, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106739.
  2. Nikolova, Milena & Cnossen, Femke & Nikolaev, Boris, 2024, "Robots, meaning, and self-determination," Research Policy, Elsevier, volume 53, issue 5, DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2024.104987.

2023

  1. Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev & Christopher Boudreaux, 2023, "Being your own boss and bossing others: the moderating effect of managing others on work meaning and autonomy for the self-employed and employees," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 60, issue 2, pages 463-483, February, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-021-00597-z.
  2. Vladimir Otrachshenko & Milena Nikolova & Olga Popova, 2023, "Double-edged sword: persistent effects of Communist regime affiliations on well-being and preferences," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, volume 36, issue 3, pages 1139-1185, July, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-022-00930-0.

2022

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Popova, Olga & Otrachshenko, Vladimir, 2022, "Stalin and the origins of mistrust," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, volume 208, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2022.104629.
  2. Otrachshenko, Vladimir & Popova, Olga & Nikolova, Milena & Tyurina, Elena, 2022, "COVID-19 and entrepreneurship entry and exit: Opportunity amidst adversity," Technology in Society, Elsevier, volume 71, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2022.102093.

2021

  1. Nikolova Milena & Popova Olga, 2021, "Sometimes Your Best Just Ain’t Good Enough: The Worldwide Evidence on Subjective Well-being Efficiency," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, volume 21, issue 1, pages 83-114, January, DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2019-0396.
  2. Nikolova, Milena & Nikolaev, Boris N., 2021, "Family matters: The effects of parental unemployment in early childhood and adolescence on subjective well-being later in life," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 181, issue C, pages 312-331, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2018.05.005.
  3. Artjoms Ivlevs & Milena Nikolova & Olga Popova, 2021, "Former Communist party membership and present-day entrepreneurship," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 57, issue 4, pages 1783-1800, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00364-6.
  4. Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev & Olga Popova, 2021, "The perceived well-being and health costs of exiting self-employment," Small Business Economics, Springer, volume 57, issue 4, pages 1819-1836, December, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-020-00374-4.

2020

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Cnossen, Femke, 2020, "What makes work meaningful and why economists should care about it," Labour Economics, Elsevier, volume 65, issue C, DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101847.

2019

  1. Nikolova, Milena, 2019, "Switching to self-employment can be good for your health," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, volume 34, issue 4, pages 664-691, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2018.09.001.
  2. Artjoms Ivlevs & Milena Nikolova & Carol Graham, 2019, "Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, volume 32, issue 1, pages 113-151, January, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-018-0718-8.
  3. Milena Nikolova & Sinem H. Ayhan, 2019, "Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, volume 32, issue 3, pages 799-844, July, DOI: 10.1007/s00148-018-0693-0.

2017

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Roman, Monica & Zimmermann, Klaus F., 2017, "Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, volume 45, issue 3, pages 658-684, DOI: 10.1016/j.jce.2016.04.006.
  2. Nikolova, Elena & Nikolova, Milena, 2017, "Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial Virginia," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 49, issue C, pages 108-122, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2017.01.002.
  3. Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev, 2017, "Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, volume 18, issue 6, pages 1593-1623, December, DOI: 10.1007/s10902-016-9789-y.

2016

  1. Nikolova, Milena, 2016, "Minding the happiness gap: Political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, volume 45, issue S, pages 129-148, DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.07.008.

2015

  1. Nikolova, Milena & Graham, Carol, 2015, "In transit: The well-being of migrants from transition and post-transition countries," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, volume 112, issue C, pages 164-186, DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.02.003.
  2. Graham, Carol & Nikolova, Milena, 2015, "Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-Being," World Development, Elsevier, volume 68, issue C, pages 163-179, DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.018.
  3. Milena Nikolova, 2015, "Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies," World of Labour, LISER, pages 195-195, October.

2014

  1. Milena Nikolova & Carol Graham, 2014, "Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), volume 3, issue 1, pages 1-30, December, DOI: 10.1186/2193-9012-3-5.

2013

  1. Graham, Carol & Nikolova, Milena, 2013, "Does access to information technology make people happier? Insights from well-being surveys from around the world," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, volume 44, issue C, pages 126-139, DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2013.02.025.

Books

2026

  1. Milena Nikolova (ed.), 2026, "Work Meaning and Motivation," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, Springer, number 978-3-032-23826-9, ISBN: ARRAY(0x77d7d4f0), March, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-23826-9.

Chapters

2026

  1. Milena Nikolova, 2026, "Work Orientations and Economics," Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion, and Well-Being, Springer, in: Milena Nikolova, "Work Meaning and Motivation", DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-23826-9_7.

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