Jun.-Prof. Sonja Kovacevic, Ph.D.
Student Service Center (SSC, Building 102)
Office 4.333
Universitätsstraße 22a
50937 Köln
Email: kovacevic
wiso.uni-koeln.de
Research Focus
Behavioral Economics, Economic History, Microeconomics, Institutions and Markets
Curriculum Vitae
Employment
- Current employment: Assistant Professor in Applied Economics (Department of Economics, University of Cologne)
- 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher (The Frisch Centre Oslo)
- 2017–2024 Doctoral Fellow and Research Fellow (University of Oslo)
- 2016–2017 Junior Technical Officer International Labor Organization ((ILO) Geneva)
- 2012–2014 Research assistant Centre for Social Policy Research (University of Bremen)
Education
- 2017–2024 Ph.D. in Economics (University of Oslo)
- 2014–2016 Master of Research (Political Economy, University of Essex)
- 2011–2014 Bachelor (University of Bremen and Scinces Po Bordeaux)
Selected Publications
Working papers
- It’s All About What You Learn. Isolating the Human Capital Component in the Returns to Higher Education. Job Market Paper.
- Excessive Pay is Not About the Numbers. How Power Abuse Erodes Inequality Acceptance. With Tora Knutsen.
- Catalysts of Change. How Local Political Autonomy Fostered Innovation and Informed National Policy in Early 20th Century Norway.
Work in progress
- Paternal Leave Quotas, Work Sharing in the Family and the Child Penalty. With Martin Andresen
- The right peers are not always the bright peers: The causal effect of academic and social background composition in the classroom on academic performance.With Karl Ingar Kittelsen Røberg, Øyvind Wiborg and Håvard Helland
- Child welfare office leader changes and the marginal effect of foster care placement. With Øystein Hærnes
- Family structure and the long-term effect of kinship foster parents. With Simon Bensnes, Nina Drange and Øystein Hærnes