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French jobseeker Alexandre, 24-years-old, makes a phone call to apply for a job in Pessac near Bordeaux June 17, 2013. Alexandre, unemployed for over a year, left school at 16 with a CAP diploma in auto mechanics. In the past, he has been employed as a mechanic, worked part-time in the building industry and held other, short-term jobs. He now hopes to find a regular job in 2013, and has been making visits to the National Agency for Employment (Pole Emploi) and applying for positions in regional companies. If he cannot find work in France, he is considering trying his luck in a foreign country such as Germany. Alexandre currently lives at home with his mother, and goes to an abandoned warehouse to work out because he cannot afford a gym subscription. Picture taken June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT)

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Sometimes your best just ain’t good enough: The worldwide evidence on well-being efficiency

Milena Nikolova and Olga Popova

Monday, May 1, 2017

Jose Manuel Abel (R), 47, and his wife Oliva, 47, are seen at home before having dinner in Munich October 12, 2013. In 2012, former salesman Jose Manuel Abel left his family behind in Spain and moved to Germany in search of work, arriving in Munich with just 250 euros in his pocket. A year on, Abel has found a permanent job in a fruit and vegetable warehouse and hopes that his family will be able to join him in Munich in the near future. Oliva, who still lives in Spain with their two children, spent a week in Munich visiting Jose Manuel. German joblessness unexpectedly rose in October to its highest level since June 2011 on a seasonally adjusted basis, but the unemployment rate remained close to its lowest level since reunification more than two decades ago. The number of people out of work increased by 2,000 to 2.973 million, data from the Labour Office showed on October 30, 2013. But the jobless rate held steady at 6.9 percent, making it the envy of struggling euro zone peers like Greece and Spain, where more than one in four people are out of work. Picture taken October 12, 2013. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY EMPLOYMENT)

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Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?

Milena Nikolova and Sinem H. Ayhan

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Suffrage, labor markets and coalitions in colonial Virginia

Elena Nikolova and Milena Nikolova

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Happiness and development

Milena Nikolova

Friday, July 1, 2016

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Does joining the EU make you happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania

Milena Nikolova and Boris Nikolaev

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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Minding the happiness gap: Political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition

Milena Nikolova

Sunday, November 1, 2015

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Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries

Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, and Klaus F. Zimmermann

Sunday, November 1, 2015

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Employment, Late-Life Work, Retirement, and Well-Being in Europe and the United States

Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Happy Peasants and Frustrated Achievers? Agency, Capabilities, and Subjective Well-Being

Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova

Sunday, September 1, 2013

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Does Access to Information Technology Make People Happier?

Carol Graham and Milena Nikolova

Thursday, December 13, 2012