I work as a researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Unit S3 - Science for Modelling, Monitoring and Evaluation.

I received my PhD from the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Doctor Europeaeus in Economics. 

Areas:  Population Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Cultural Economics, Comparative Development, Health Economics.

Topics:  Individual and social preferences, Immigration, Inequalities, LGBT economics, Cultural and historical roots of preferences, Social media use and well-being. 

National Scientific Qualification as Associate Professor ("ASN"): disciplinary field of 13/A1 - Economics; disciplinary field of 13/A2 - Economic policy.

Contact information: 

E-mail: matija.kovacic@ec.europa.eu; matija.kovacic@unive.it

Websites: Matija Kovacic – Google Scholar (Google Scholar); KOVACIC Matija - Unive (Ca' Foscari); https://glabor.org/user/matija.kovacic/ (GLO); https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matija-Kovacic-3?ev=hdr_xprf (ResearchGate)