Teodora Nikolaeva Tsankova
Assistant Professor of Economics, Tilburg University
Professional Experience
Aug 2020 - present Assistant Professor of Economics (tenured), Tilburg University
Research Associate, CAGE Research Centre Warwick University
Aug 2012 – July 2014 Research Analyst (Office of the Chief Economist), European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, UK
Education
2016 – 2020 PhD in Economics, University of Warwick
2014 – 2016 MRes in Economics (with Distinction), University of Warwick
2011 – 2012 MA in International and Development Economics, Yale University
2007 – 2011 BA in Economics (Hons) and BA in Business Administration, American University in Bulgaria
The Publications
Free Movement of Workers and Native Demand for Tertiary Education (with Mirjam Bächli). The Journal of Human Resources (2023, published online before print)
How to Improve Tax Compliance? Evidence from Population-wide Experiments in Belgium (with Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, Clement Imbert, Johannes Spinnewijn and Maarten Luts). Journal of Political Economy (2021), 129(5), 1425-1463
Taming the Herd? Foreign Banks, the Vienna Initiative and Crisis Transmission (with Ralph De Haas, Yevgeniya Korniyenko and Alexander Pivovarsky). Journal of Financial Intermediation (2015), 24(3), 325-355
Working Papers
Labor Protection and Support for Immigration (with Mirjam Bächli) (submitted)
Work in Progress
School Tracking and Geographic Mobility: Evidence from Finland (with Ilpo Kauppinen and Panu Poutvaara)
The Electoral Effects of Voting Technology: Evidence from Bulgaria (with Milena Djourelova)
The Entrepreneurial Gender Gap: The Role of Motherhood and Maternity Leave (with Mery Ferrando, Francesca Truffa and Ashley Wong)
Ramadan and School Performance (with Mery Ferrando)