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Working Papers

2020

1. Sometimes your best just ain't good enough: The worldwide evidence on subjective well-being efficiency
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (2)
2. The Economics of Happiness
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (3)
3. The Perceived Well-Being and Health Costs of Exiting Self-Employment
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies) (2020) View citations (1)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (1)
4. What Makes Work Meaningful and Why Economists Should Care about It
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2020) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Labour Economics (2020)

2019

5. Former Communist Party Membership and Present-Day Entrepreneurship in Central and Eastern Europe
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
   Also in Working Papers, Leibniz Institut für Ost- und Südosteuropaforschung (Institute for East and Southeast European Studies) (2019)
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2019) View citations (1)
6. Stalin and the Origins of Mistrust
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2019) View citations (7)

2018

7. Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group (2018) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2019)
8. Family matters: involuntary parental unemployment during childhood and subjective well-being later in life
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (1)
9. Self-Employment Can Be Good for Your Health
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO)

2017

10. People to Jobs, Jobs to People: Global Mobility and Labor Migration
    IZA Research Reports, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
11. Sometimes Your Best Just Ain't Good Enough: The Worldwide Evidence on Well-Being Efficiency
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

2016

12. Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Happiness Studies (2017)
13. Happiness and Development
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
14. Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries
    Discussion Papers, Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) View citations (3)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (3)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2015) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Comparative Economics (2017)
15. Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2017)
16. Your Spouse Is Fired! How Much Do You Care?
    SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) View citations (7)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2016) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Population Economics (2019)

2015

17. Minding the Happiness Gap: Political Institutions and Perceived Quality of Life in Transition
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in European Journal of Political Economy (2016)

2014

18. Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2015)
19. In Transit: The Well-Being of Migrants from Transition and Post-Transition Countries
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2015)

2013

20. Happy Peasants and Frustrated Achievers? Agency, Capabilities, and Subjective Well-Being
    Working Papers, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2020

1. What makes work meaningful and why economists should care about it
   Labour Economics, 2020, 65, (C)
   See also Working Paper (2020)

2019

2. Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind
   Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, (1), 113-151 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
3. Switching to self-employment can be good for your health
   Journal of Business Venturing, 2019, 34, (4), 664-691 View citations (16)
4. Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?
   Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32, (3), 799-844 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2017

5. Does Joining the EU Make You Happy? Evidence from Bulgaria and Romania
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2017, 18, (6), 1593-1623 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
6. Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 2017, 45, (3), 658-684 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper (2016)
7. Suffrage, labour markets and coalitions in colonial Virginia
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2017, 49, (C), 108-122 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper (2016)

2016

8. Minding the happiness gap: Political institutions and perceived quality of life in transition
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, (S), 129-148 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (2015)

2015

9. Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-Being
   World Development, 2015, 68, (C), 163-179 View citations (54)
   See also Working Paper (2014)
10. In transit: The well-being of migrants from transition and post-transition countries
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2015, 112, (C), 164-186 View citations (22)
    See also Working Paper (2014)
11. Migrant well-being after leaving transition economies
    IZA World of Labor, 2015, 195

2014

12. Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States
    IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, 2014, 3, (1), 1-30 View citations (16)

2013

13. 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), 2013, 44, (C), 126-139 View citations (25)