Matija Kovacic

foto,  October 10, 2025
Position
Temporary Assistant Professor
Academic sector
ECON-01/A - Economics
Research sector (ERC-2024)
SH1_10 - Microeconomics, industrial organisation, applied microeconomics

SH3_5 - Social attitudes and beliefs

SH8_1 - Kinship; diversity and identities, gender, interethnic relations

Office
Polo Santa Marta,  Floor 1,  Room 1.85
E-mail
matija|kovacic*univr|it <== Replace | with . and * with @ to have the right email address.
Personal web page
https://sites.google.com/view/matijakovacic/home-page

Office Hours

Ricevimento: martedì dalle 13.00 alle 14.00 presso l'Ufficio 6 (sede di Vicenza, III piano) o via zoom previo appuntamento da concordare scrivendo a matija.kovacic@univr.it

Curriculum

Matija Kovacic is a researcher in the Department of Economics at the University of Verona. Previously, he worked at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (2019–2025) and at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (2013–2019). He holds a PhD in Economics from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. His research interests lie in empirical microeconomics, population economics, and health economics, with a focus on inequality, the determinants of individual preferences, and social and cultural diversity.

 

Modules

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Course Name Total credits Online Teacher credits Modules offered by this teacher
Bachelor's degree in Economics, Firms and International Markets Microeconomics (2025/2026)   9  eLearning

Di seguito sono elencati gli eventi e gli insegnamenti di Terza Missione collegati al docente:

  • Eventi di Terza Missione: eventi di Public Engagement e Formazione Continua.
  • Insegnamenti di Terza Missione: insegnamenti che fanno parte di Corsi di Studio come Corsi di formazione continua, Corsi di perfezionamento e aggiornamento professionale, Corsi di perfezionamento, Master e Scuole di specializzazione.
Research interests
Topic Description Research area
JEL D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement Analysis and evaluation of welfare effect of public policies. Measurement of inequality, poverty and well-being. Also includes applications of criteria of distributive justice for the analysis of income distribution and both social and economic conditions of individuals and families. Study of polarization of income, segregation and discrimination. Analysis of innovative visions of social justice, particularly in urban areas. Welfare and Collective Choice
Welfare Economics
JEL D91 - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making Cover studies about the role of emotional, psychological, social or cognitive factors on individual choices, also using laboratory experiments. Also studies the consequences of traumatic events on economic behavior (in particular the attitude towards risk) both in the short and in the long term; deception and dishonest behavior; self-control problems. Study of the economic policy impacts of psychological and behavioral aspects in the context of consumption choices, pension savings and investment in education Behavioural and Experimental Economics
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
JEL I12 - Health Production Theoretical and empirical economic analysis of demographic phenomena with particular attention to the determinants of the family structure. Study of the temporal evolution of the family structure and relationship with the economic variables. Health Economics
Health
JEL J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination Research concerning immigrants, ethnic minorities, and sexual minorities. Studies on the economics of minorities and immigrants, as well as on non-labor forms of discrimination. Analyses of the effects of cultural background and discrimination on the well-being, health, and social relationships of minority groups Macroeconomics, International Economics and Development
Demographic Economics



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