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Suncica Vujic is an associate professor of applied econometrics at the department of Econometrics and Data Science of the VU Amsterdam. She is also affiliated to the University of Antwerp. She holds a PhD from the VU Amsterdam (2009).

Research

Sunčica is an Applied Econometrician and an Applied Labor Economist with a very broad scope of interests: education, crime, health, gender, and the position of different groups in the labour market, such as: (1) Youth at risk of crime, unemployment, and teen pregnancy; (2) Labour market position of women – gender pay and pension gaps, career progression and glass ceiling, discrimination; (3) Inequality and intergenerational mobility – equalisation of educational attainment of those from different socioeconomic backgrounds as an important tool for improving the equality of opportunity in society.

Ancillary activities

  • Universiteit Antwerpen | Antwerpen | Medewerker | 2014-10-01 - present

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Academic qualification

Econometrics, PhD, Econometric Studies to the Economic and Social Factors of Crime, VU AMSTERDAM

Award Date: 7 May 2009

User created Keywords

  • Labour
  • Education
  • Crime
  • Gender
  • Discrimination
  • Econometrics

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