Dr. Monica Roman holds a position of Full Professor at the Department of Statistics and Econometrics of the Bucharest University of Economics. Since 2011 she is affiliated as research fellow at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn and at the Central European Labour Studies Institute (CELSI) in Bratislava.
Her research interests are related to the economics of international migration, labor and demographic economics, regional studies and transition economies, public policy evaluation. She has more than 15 years of experience as evaluator and consultant for national and international authorities, such as Romanian government, European Commission and World Bank. The activities carried out also included training sessions, coaching, co-authoring textbooks related to evaluation issues. She was involved in Ex-ante Evaluation of Operational Programs 2014-2020, impact assessments of the Operational Programs 2007-2017 and 2014-2020, impact assessments of active labor market measures, development of Cost Benefit Analysis, evaluation of the ITI- Danube Delta. The list of beneficiaries of these projects includes the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Protection, the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Administration, the Ministry of European Funds, the Ministry of Justice, the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova, the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia, the European Commission.
She has high expertise in applied statistics and micro-econometrics, more specifically in using methods related to parametric modelling (linear and nonlinear regression methods) and nonparametric methods, factor analysis, structural equation modelling.
Prof. Roman has coordinated as principal investigator five research grants on migration and labor issues and currently she is a team leader in the project “EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions - MIMY” (2020-2023). She has published two books on Romanian migration and more than 30 articles in peer reviewed journals such Journal of Comparative Economics, Applied Economics Letters, Transnational Social Review, Migration Letters, Evaluation and Program Planning.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 1909 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-0639 |
| Researcher ID | https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/H-8401-2016 |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica-Roman-4/research |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
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Socio-economic consequences
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Legal-political consequences
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
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Quantitative research
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Types of study
Geographies
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Scope
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UN Countries
Roles
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Bucharest University of Economic Studies
University, Bucharest, Romania
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Bucharest University of Economc Studies
University, Bucharest, Romania
Professor
Research
“A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words”: Youth Migration Narratives in a Photovoice
| Authors | Monica Roman, Vlad I. Roșca, Smaranda Cimpoeru, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Societies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Two-Speed Integration? A Comparative Analysis of Barriers and Resilience Strategies of Young Migrants in Vulnerable Conditions in Romania
| Authors | Smaranda Cimpoeru, Monica Roman, Vlad I. Rosca, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Citations (WoS) | 7 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Quality of Internship Programs in Romania. The Employers’ Perspective
| Authors | Mihaela Covrig, Simona Irina Goia, Ramona Ștefania Igreț, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Book Title | Digital Economy and the Green Revolution | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Context rules! Top-level education policies for newly arrived migrant students across six European countries
| Authors | Amalee Meehan, Silvia de Almeida, Barbara Bäckström, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Educational Research Open | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The effectiveness of the emergency eLearning during COVID-19 pandemic. The case of higher education in economics in Romania
| Authors | Monica Roman, Aurelian-Petruș Plopeanu |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | International Review of Economics Education | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Agency and Structure Revisited with Youth Responses to Gendered (Spatial) Mobilities in the EU
| Authors | Şahizer Samuk Carignani, Tabea Schlimbach, Emilia Kmiotek-Meier, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Border Crossing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
International youth mobility in Eastern and Western Europe - the case of the Erasmus+ programme
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | MIGRATION LETTERS | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Structural framework conditions and individual motivations for youth-mobility: A macro-micro level approach for different European country-types
| Authors | Karen Hemming, Tabea Schlimbach, Frank Tillmann, ... |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | MIGRATION LETTERS | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Work and welfare take-up of enlargement migrants in the United Kingdom
| Authors | Monica Roman |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Applied Economics Letters | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Young Entrepreneurs of Europe and the Role of International Mobility
| Authors | Monica Roman, Dorel Mihai Paraschiv |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | www.amfiteatrueconomic.ro | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Volunteering as international mobility: Recent evidence from a post-socialist country
| Authors | Monica Roman, Laura-Mihaela Muresan, Ioana Manafi, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Transnational Social Review | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Romanian immigrants and the inflows of foreign direct investment towards Romania
| Authors | Monica Roman, Vasile Alecsandru Strat |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Management & Marketing | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Vocational training and employability: Evaluation evidence from Romania
| Authors | Madalina Ecaterina Popescu, Monica Roman |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | Evaluation and Program Planning | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Left behind but doing good? Civic engagement in two post-socialist countries
| Authors | Milena Nikolova, Monica Roman, Klaus F. Zimmermann |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Comparative Economics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Should I Stay or Should I Go? Romanian Migrants During Transition and Enlargements
| Authors | Daniela Andrén, Monica Roman |
| Year | 2016 |
| Book Title | Labor Migration, EU Enlargement, and the Great Recession |
Explaining the Migration Intentions Of Romanian Youth: Are Teenegers Different?
| Authors | Monica Roman, Maria Denisa Vasilescu |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | ROMANIAN STATISTICAL REVIEW | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Efficiency of Healthcare Systems in Europe: A Data Envelopment Analysis Approach
| Authors | Laura Asandului, Monica Roman, Puiu Fatulescu |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Procedia Economics and Finance | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Financial effects of the international migration in Europe: Modelling the decision to remit
| Authors | Monica Roman |
| Year | 2013 |
| Journal Name | Panoeconomicus | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Way to Europe: New Refugees’ Migration Patterns Revealed
| Authors | Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Sustainability | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Religious Beliefs and Migration Intentions among Balkan Youth: A Multiple Correspondence Analysis
| Authors | ROMAN MONICA, VINTE CLAUDIU, ALEXE IRIS |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | ECONOMIC COMPUTATION AND ECONOMIC CYBERNETICS STUDIES AND RESEARCH | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Regional Sustainability, Individual Expectations and Work Motivation: A Multilevel Analysis
| Authors | Adriana Ana Maria Davidescu, Monica Roman, Vasile Alecsandru Strat, ... |
| Year | 2019 |
| Journal Name | Sustainability | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
From migration aspirations to integration: contrasting pioneer and recent Moldovan migrants in Romania
| Authors | Monica Roman, Vlad Rosca, Elena Maria Prada, ... |
| Journal Name | Eastern European Journal of Regional Studies | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
Refugees' Self-Perceived Discrimination in Europe. A Statistical Analysis
| Authors | Smaranda Cimpoeru, Amira Kobeissi, Hiba Mohammad, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | ROMANIAN STATISTICAL REVIEW |
| Citations (WoS) | 1 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Challenging Youth Unemployment Through International Mobility
| Authors | Birte Nienaber, Ioana Manafi, Monica Roman, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Social and Economic Statistics | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |