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I am an Aletta Jacobs Professor in the Economics of Well-being and a Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the University of Groningen and serve as an Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. I am also the Section Editor for “Welfare, Well-being, Happiness” Section of the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics.
I am a Research Fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), a Nonresident Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Bruegel, and a Fellow at GLO. In addition to my academic career, I have demonstrated research experience in leading think tanks and international institutions, such as the Urban Institute, the Brookings Institution, and the World Bank.
I am passionate about research related to the economics of happiness and transition economies.
First, I research the health and (subjective) well-being consequences of migration, labor market arrangements and automation, and entrepreneurship. Second, I investigate the historical and contemporary determinants of socio-economic developments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
I am looking for collaboration and other opportunities in and outside academia. I enjoy engaging in rigorous social science research which helps inform public debates and generates social value-added.