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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 with methods of causal inference, applied microeconometrics, applied spatial econometrics and meta-regression analysis.

Journal articles (selection):

Leschnig L., G. Schwerdt, K. Zigova (2022) Central School Exams and Adult Skills: Evidence from PIAAC, Economics if Education Review, 90(102289),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2022.102289

Doucouliagos C., T. Hinz, K. Zigova (2022) Bias and Careers: Evidence from the Aid Effectiveness Literature, European Journal of Political Economy, 71(102056),
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102056

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.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0731-905320160000037016

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. https://doi.org/10.1111/gean.12031

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.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1004581107

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.08.015

Work in progress:

A Meta-Analysis of Minimum Wage Effects on Human Capital Investment
(with H. Doucouliagos)

Minimum Wages and Provision of Training: The Swiss Case
(with T. Zwick)

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

Accepting Gender Delays
(with S. Bruns, A. Doucouliagos, H. Doucouliagos, J. König, T. Stanley)

The Ultimate Coasian Commitment: Estimating and Explaining Artist-Specific Death Effects,

(with H. Ursprung) Previous version as Working Papers CEB 21-013, ULB – Université Libre de Bruxelles. https://ideas.repec.org/p/sol/wpaper/2013-328534.html