Milena Nikolova is Professor of the Economics of Well-being at the University of Groningen, where she coordinates the FEB Honours Bachelor Program. She is an editor of the Journal of Population Economics and book editor of “Work Meaning and Motivation” (Springer).
An expert in the economics of happiness, her current work focuses on work meaningfulness, technological change, and labor markets. She has published widely in leading journals such as Economica, Research Policy, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
Nikolova received her Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2014.
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Current Positions
- Full Professor in the Economics of Well-being, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Global Economics & Management
- Editor, Journal of Population Economics
- Research Fellow, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn, Germany
- Fellow, Global Labor Organization (GLO)
- Assistant/Associate Professor and Rosalind Franklin Fellow, University of Groningen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Global Economics & Management
- Nonresident Fellow, Bruegel
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Past Positions
- Nonresident Researcher, Global Economy and Development Program, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC
- Research Associate, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- Emerging Scholar, Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
- Managing Editor, Journal of Population Economics
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Education
- Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park, 2014
- M.P.P., School of Public Policy, The American University, Washington, DC, 2011
- B.A., Gettysburg College, 2008
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