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 Publications

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
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2024, 227, 106739
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
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