Prof. Maja Vehovec, PhD

Education

• 1996 - Fulbright post-doctoral program at the Johnson Graduate School for Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
• 1992 - PhD at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka
• 1983 - MA at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 1976 - University degree at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka

Employment and work experience

• since 2005 - The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, senior research fellow
• 2003-2005 - Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, full professor of microeconomics
• 1998-2003 - Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, non-tenure professor of microeconomics
• 1978-1998 - Faculty of Economics, University of Rijeka, teaching assistant, assistant professor, associate professor
• 1976-1978 - Riječka Banka Rijeka, trainee and credit analyst

Fields of interest

• microeconomics
• labor economics
• pension economics
• financial literacy
• health economics

Selected bibliography

• Škreblin Kirbiš Ivona, Tomić Iva and Vehovec Maja, 2011, "Pension literacy and savings for the third age", Croatian Journal of Social Policy, 18 (2), pp. 127-148. 
• Matković Teo, Tomić Iva and Vehovec Maja, 2010, "Efficiency vs. Accessibility? Relationship between costs and outcomes of studying in Croatia, Croatian Journal of Social Policy, 17 (2), pp. 215-237.
• Vehovec, Maja, 2009, "Labour supply and aging workforce challenges", in Labour in Croatia: in front of future challenges, eds. V. Franičevićand V. Puljiz, Center for za democracy and law "MikoTripalo" and the School of Law University of Zagreb, pp. 17-47.
• Vehovec, Maja, 2008, "New perspectives on extending working life: Challenges for Croatia and Slovenia", in New perspective on longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia, ed. M. Vehovec, Fridriech Ebert Stiftung and The Institute of Economics, Zagreb, pp. 19-36.
• Ograjenšek Irena, Vehovec Maja, Domadenik Polona and Redek Tjaša, 2008,  "Employer attitudes toward older workers: A comparative study of Croatia and Slovenia", in New perspective on longer working life in Croatia and Slovenia, ed. M. Vehovec, Fridriech Ebert Stiftung andThe Institute of Economics, Zagreb, pp. 119-140.
• Domadenik Polona and Maja Vehovec, 2006, "Enterprise Defensive Restructuring: Cross - Country Evidence within Transitional Settings", in The European Labour Market - Regional Dimensions, eds. Caroleo, Floro Ernesto and Destefanis, Sergio, Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, pp. 165-178.
• Vehovec, Maja, 2004, "Economic Research Encounters and Institutional Constraints", Društvena istraživanja, 13(1-2), 2004, pp. 123-146.
• Vehovec Maja and Polona Domadenik, 2003, "Comparative Review of Defensive Restructuring of Firms in Croatia and Slovenia", Financijska teorija i praksa, 27(4), pp. 609-623.
• Vehovec, Maja, 2002, "The Informal Economy and Informal Standards of Behaviour: How much etichs can help in bussines conduct", Finacijska teorija i praksa, 26 (1), 2002, pp. 229-244.
• Vehovec, Maja, 2001, "Informal Institutions in a Transition: Does Business Ethics matter?", Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 11(1), pp. 115-129.