Research

My research interests lie in the fields of economics of education and science, personnel and labor economics. I work empirically employing survey or observational data applying methods of causal inference, microeconometrics, spatial econometrics or meta-regression analysis.

Journal articles (selection):

Doucouliagos C., K. Zigova (2025) Minimum Wages and Human Capital Investment: A Meta-Regression Analysis, British Journal of Industrial Relations. link🡭

Leschnig L., G. Schwerdt, K. Zigova (2022) Central School Exams and Adult Skills: Evidence from PIAAC, Economics of Education Review, 90(102289). link🡭

Doucouliagos C., T. Hinz, K. Zigova (2022) Bias and Careers: Evidence from the Aid Effectiveness Literature, European Journal of Political Economy, 71(102056). link🡭

Burridge P., J. P. Elhorst, K. Zigova (2016) Group Interaction in Research and the Use of General Nesting Spatial Models. Advances in Econometrics, Volume 37: Spatial Econometrics: Qualitative and Limited Dependent Variables, pp. 223-258. link🡭

Elhorst J. P., K. Zigova (2014) Competition in Research Activity among Economic Departments: Evidence by Negative Spatial Autocorrelation. Geographical Analysis, 46(2), pp. 104-125. link🡭

O’Neill B. C., M. Dalton, R. Fuchs, L. Jiang, S. Pachauri, K. Zigova (2010) Global Demographic Trends and Future Carbon Emissions. PNAS, 107(41), pp. 17521-17526. link🡭

Luken R., F. Van Rompaey, K. Zigova, (2008) The Determinants of EST Adoption by Manufacturing Plants in Developing Countries. Ecological Economics, 66(1), pp. 141-152. link🡭

Working papers/Work in progress:

The Delayed Acceptance of Female Research in Economics
(with S. Bruns, A. Doucouliagos, H. Doucouliagos, J. König, T. Stanley)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 17649
R&R at European Economic Review

Diversity Matters: Bias and Diversity in Industrial Relations Research
(with A. Doucouliagos, H. Doucouliagos, T. Stanley)

Replications and Research Data: Evidence among Economic Journals
(with T. Hinz)

Minimum Wages and the Structure of Training
(with T. Zwick)

Vocational Education and Underskilling: Lessons from European Skills Surveys
(with C. Neuber-Pohl, G. Russo, G. Santangelo)

The Ultimate Coasian Commitment: Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects
(with H. Ursprung)
Working Paper CEB 21-013, Université Libre de Bruxelles