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Dejana Pavlović, PhD

Senior Research Associate

Welfare Economics Department

research fields

  • Labour Economics
  • Youth Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Labour Market Inequality

education

  • Education
  • PhD, 2019/ University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
  • MSc, 2011/ University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences
  • BSc, 2008/ University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

previous employment

  • Institute of Economic Sciences, 2015 – present
  • Economic Institute, 2013-2015

references/bibliography

Bjelica, D., Mihić, M., Petrović, D., Peruničić Mladenović, Pavlović, D., Bodroža, D., Đukić, M., Dabetić, V., Đorđević, A. (2025). The relationship between teaching approaches and engineering students’ life satisfaction, International Journal of Engineering Education, 41(2), pp. 409–421. ISSN 0949-149X. http://ebooks.ien.bg.ac.rs/2207/

Lebedinski, L., Đukić, M., Pavlović, D. (2025). An assessment of the socio-economic impact of water access for Roma and other marginalized groups in rural Serbia. Economics of Agriculture, 72(1), pp. 123–138. ISSN 2334-8453. https://doi.org/10.59267/ekoPolj2501123L

Zdravković, A., Bodroža, D., Kolavčić, M., Jovičić, E., Pavlović, D., Sekulić, D. (2024). The economic development effects on freshwater abstraction from the European perspective, Economics of Agriculture, vol. 71(1), pp. 155–172. https://doi.org/10.59267/ekoPolj2401155Z

Štrbac, D., Paunović, M., Pavlović, D. (2024). The influence of demographic characteristics on the effectiveness of public adminippation training programs, Stanovništvo, vol. 65(2), pp. 251–266. https://doi.org/10.59954/stnv.637UDC, https://stnv.idn.org.rs/article/view/637/574

Gajić, A., Bjelica, D., Pavlović, D., Vukmirović, D. (2023). Educating Youth on Project Sustainability – Project Engagement and Recognition of the Green Deal, Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, vol. 21(4), pp. 2969–2989. http://ebooks.ien.bg.ac.rs/1944/1/2104_29692989.pdf

Lebedinski, L., Pavlović, D. (2023). Professional Traineeship Programme as a Tool Facilitating Participation of Unemployed Youth in the Labour Market: Case Study of the Republic of Serbia, Ekonomika preduzeća, vol. 71(3–4), pp. 202–212. https://doi.org/10.5937/EKOPRE2303202L https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0353-443X/2023/0353-443X2303202L.pdf

Stanojević, D., Pavlović, D. (2022). A Profile of Youth not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) in Serbia. In Human Capital and Welfare, University of Antwerp, pp. 32–51. http://ebooks.ien.bg.ac.rs/1749/1/stanojevic%2C%20pavlovic.pdf

Slavinski, T., Bjelica, D., Pavlović, D., Vukmirović, V. (2021). Academic Performance and Physical Activities as Positive Factors for Life Satisfaction among University Students, Sustainability, vol. 13(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020497, https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/2/497

Ognjenović, K., Pavlović, D., Bodroža, D. (2022). Are the self-employed at a higher poverty risk: empirical evidence from Serbian SILC data, Serbian Journal of Management, vol. 17(2), pp. 389–401. https://doi.org/10.5937/sjm17-40150 https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1452-4864/2022/1452-48642202389O.pdf

Pavlović, D., Bjelica, D., Domazet, I. (2019). What Characteristics in the Youth Labour Market of Serbia Are Likely to Result in Employment?, Stanovništvo, vol. 57(2), pp. 35–47. https://doi.org/10.2298/STNV190823006P

selected projects

Project “Evaluation Report on the Impact and Quality of Training Programs in Public Administration,” funded by UNDP Serbia, 2023. Role: team member.

Project “Evaluation of the Socio-Economic Effects of Social Services and Employability Measures Provided to Vulnerable Population Groups in Serbia,” funded by GIZ, Belgrade, 2022–2023. Role: team member.

Project “The Impact of ICT on Youth Unemployment Factors in Serbia and Spain: A Comparative Analysis for Practical Policy Recommendations” (Serbian Science and Diaspora Collaboration Program: Vouchers for Knowledge Exchange), funded by the Science Fund of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2021–2023. Role: project leader.

Project “Ex-ante Analysis of the Employment Strategy of the Republic of Serbia for the Period 2021–2026,” funded by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Team of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2020–2021. Role: team member.

Project “Evaluation of the Professional Internship Program of the National Employment Service,” funded by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Team of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2020–2021. Role: team member.

Project “Methodological Framework of SILC – Relevance, Limitations, and Key Focus Areas for the Republic of Serbia,” funded by the Social Inclusion and Poverty Reduction Team of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2019–2021. Role: project coordinator.

Project “Annual Evaluation of the National Youth Strategy 2015–2025,” funded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, 2020. Role: team member.