Research

Working Papers

  • Clifton-Sprigg, J., Homburg, I., and Vujić, S. (2025). Refugee Exposure and Political Backlash Poland during the Russia-Ukraine War. [IZA DP]
  • Deschacht, N., Guillemyn, I., and Vujić, S. (2025). Exposing the Gap: Gender Inequality in Occupational Pension Coverage and Income Across Europe. [IZA DP]
  • Deschacht, N., Guillemyn, I., and Vujić, S. (2025). Trading Pay for Pensions: Evidence from a Discrete Choice Experiment in the United Kingdom. [IZA DP]
  • Adamecz, A., Prinz, D., Szabó-Morvai, Á., and Vujić, S. (2025). Out of School and Into Trouble? Labour Market and Fertility Impacts of Decreasing the School Leaving Age. IZA DP No. 13902. [KRTK-KTI WP][IZA DP]
  • Clifton-Sprigg, J., Homburg, I., James, J., and Vujić, S. (2023). A Bad Break-Up? Assessing the Effects of the 2016 Brexit Referendum on Migration. IZA DP No. 13902. [IZA DP]
  • Carr, J., Clifton-Sprigg, J., James, J., and Vujić, S. (2022). Love thy Neighbour? Brexit and Hate Crime. IZA DP No. 13902. [IZA DP]
  • Carr, J., Clifton-Sprigg, J., James, J., and Vujić, S. (2020). Hate in the Time of COVID-19: Racial Crimes against East Asians. IZA DP No. 15718. [IZA DP]
  • Estrin, S., Stephan, U., and Vujić, S. (2014). Do Women Earn Less Even as Social Entrepreneurs? IZA DP No. 8650. [IZA DP][Financial Times]

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Lebedinski, L., Migali, G., Popović, M., and Vujić, S. (2025). Operation Allied Force:
Unintended Consequences of the NATO Bombing on Children’s Outcomes in Serbia. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society – Series A, Forthcoming. [IZA DP][Article]
  • Adamecz, A., Lovász, A., and Vujić, S. (2025). Beyond the Diploma: Fertility Outcomes of ‘First in Family’ Graduates. Review of Economics of the Household - Forthcoming.[IZA DP][Article]
  • Clifton-Sprigg, J., Homburg, I., Huyghe, A., and Vujić, S. (2025). Consequences of Brexit: Did it Close the Door to EU Students? Research in Labour Economics, Forthcoming.
  • Deschacht, N. ⓡ Vujić, S. ⓡ Frison, O. (2025). The Greedy Jobs Phenomenon as a Driving Force Behind the Gender Pay Gap: A Systematic Review. De Economist, 173: 177-204. [Article]
  • Bredemeier, C., Ndlovu, P., Vujić, S., and Winkler, R. (2025). Household Decisions and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction. Scottish Journal of Political Economy (Special Issue on Gender Norms), 72(1): e12403. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Wood, J., Neels, K., and Vujić, S. (2025). Which Training leads to employment? The Effectiveness of Varying Types of Training Programmes for Unemployed Jobseekers in Flanders. Journal of Social Policy 54(2): 651-672. [Article]
  • Sadaba, B., Maier, S., and Vujić, S. (2024). Characterizing the Schooling Cycle. Economic Modelling 132: 106649. [Article][IZA DP][Bank of Canada WP]
  • Amez, S., Vujić, S., De Marez, L., and Baert, S. (2023). Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: First Evidence from Longitudinal Data. New Media and Society 25(3): 584-608. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Clifton-Sprigg, J., James, J., and Vujić, S. (2020). FOI as a Data Collection Tool for Social Scientists. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0228392. [Article][UAntwerp WP]
  • Amez, S., Vujić, S., Soffers. P., and Baert. S. (2020). Yawning While Scrolling? Examining Gender Differences in the Association Between Smartphone Use and Sleep Quality. Journal of Sleep Research, 29(6): e12971. [Article]
  • Baert, S., Vujić, S., Amez, S., Claeskens, M., Daman, T., Maeckelberghe, A., Omey, E., and De Marez, L. (2020). Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: Correlation or Causal Relationship? Kyklos 73(1): 22-46. [Article][IZA DP}
  • James, J., and Vujić, S. (2019). From High School to the High Chair: Education and Fertility Timing, Economics of Education Review 69: 1-24. [Article][UAntwerp WP]
  • Wood, J., Neels, K., and Vujić, S. (2019). Wegwijs naar werk: instroom en effectiviteit van VDAB-activeringsmaatregelen geëvalueerd. Over. Werk. Tijdschrift van het Steunpunt Werk, 29(2): 98-104. Steunpunt Werk / Uitgeverij Acco (in Dutch). [Article] [Final Report]
  • Lens, D., Marx, I., and Vujić, S. (2019). Double Jeopardy: How Refugees Fare in One European Labor Market? IZA Journal of Development and Migration 10(1): 1-29. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Ranđelović, S., Žarković-Rakić, J., Vladisavljević, M., and Vujić, S. (2019). Labour Supply and Inequality Effects of In-Work Benefits: Evidence from Serbia. Naše gospodarstvo/Our Economy, 65(3), 1–22. [Article]
  • Baert, S., and Vujić, S. (2018). Does It Pay to Care? Volunteering and Employment Opportunities, Journal of Population Economics 31(3): 819-836. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Vujić, S., and Zhang, X. (2018). Does Twitter Chatter Matter? Online Reviews and Cinema Box Office Sales. Applied Economics 50 (34-35): 3702-3717. [Article]
  • Baert, S., and Vujić, S. (2016). Immigrant volunteering: A way out of labour market discrimination? Economics Letters 146: 95-98. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Vujić, S., Commandeur, J. J. F., and Koopman, S. J. (2016). Intervention Time Series Analysis of Crime Rates: The Case of Sentence Reform in Virginia, Economic Modelling 57: 311-323. [Article][TI DP 2012][TI DP 2003]
  • Webbink, D., Koning, P., Vujić, S., and Martin, N. G. (2013). Why Are Criminals Less Educated than Non-Criminals? Evidence from a Cohort of Young Australian Twins, The Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 29(1): 115-144. [Article][CPB DP]
  • Souto-Otero, M., Huisman, J., Beerkens, M., de Wit, H., and Vujić, S. (2013). Barriers to International Student Mobility: Evidence from the ERASMUS Program, Educational Researcher 42(2): 70-77. [Article]
  • Vujić, S., and Baronijan, H. (2013). The Relationship between Preschool Education Attendance and School Performance and Potential for Improvement of Preschool Education in Serbia, Psychological Research / Psihološka istraživanja XVI (2): 105-140 (in Serbian). [Article]
  • Machin, S., Marie, O., and Vujić, S. (2012). Youth Crime and Education Expansion, German Economic Review (Special Issue on Economics of Crime) 13(4): 366-384. [Article][IZA DP]
  • Webbink, D., Vujić, S., Koning, P., and Martin, N. G. (2012). The Effect of Childhood Conduct Disorder on Human Capital, Health Economics 21: 928-945. [Article][IZA DP][CPB DP]
  • Noailly, J., Vujić, S., and Aouragh, A. (2012). The Effects of Competition on the Quality of Primary Schools in the Netherlands, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 44(9): 2153-2170. [Article][CPB DP]
  • Vujić, S., Koopman, S. J., and Commandeur, J. J. F. (2012). Economic Trends and Cycles in Crime: A Study for England and Wales, Journal of Economics and Statistics / Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik (Special Issue on Economics of Risky Behaviour & Sensation Seeking) 232(6): 652-677. [Article]
  • Machin, S., Marie, O., and Vujić, S. (2011). The Crime Reducing Effect of Education, The Economic Journal 121(552): 463-484. [Article][IZA DP][The Economist]

Books and Book Chapters

  • Carr, J., Marie, O., and Vujić, S. (2023). Education and Crime: Historical Perspective and Recent Advancements. Hamilton, J., Dixit, A., Edwards, S., and Judd, K. (Eds.). The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Economics and Finance. [Article]
  • Carr, J., Marie, O., and Vujić, S. (2022). Education and Crime: What we know and Where Should We Go? Buonanno, P., Vanin, P., and Vargas, J. F. (Eds.). A Modern Guide to Economics of Crime, Edward Elgar Publishing, Chapter 7: 150-183. [Book]
  • Lebedinski, L., Pavlović, D., and Vujić, S. (Eds.) (2022). Human Capital and Welfare, Antwerp: University of Antwerp. [Book]
  • Koopman, S. J., Commandeur, J. J. F., Bijleveld, F. D., and Vujić, S. (2018). Continuous Time State Space Modelling with an Application to High-Frequency Road Traffic Data. In Kees van Montfort, Johan Oud and Manuel Voelkle (Eds.) Continuous Time Modelling in the Behavioural and Related Sciences, Springer International Publishing, Chapter 17: 305-315. [Book]
  • Lens, D., Marx, I., and Vujić, S. (2018). Does Migration Motive Matter for Migrants’ Employment Outcomes? The Case of Belgium. In Christiane Timmerman, Noel Clycq, François Levrau, Lore Van Praag and Dirk Vanheule (Eds.) Migration and Integration in Flanders: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Leuven University Press. Chapter 10: 245-271. [Book]
  • Johnson, S., Li, Y., Storchi, S., and Vujić, S. (2015). Financial Capability and Financial Inclusion: Measuring the Missing Ingredient. In Amrik Heyer and Michael King (Eds). Kenya’s Financial Transformation in the 21st Century, FSD Kenya, Chapter 7: 251-291. [Book]
  • Vladisavljević, M., Avlijaš, S., and Vujić, S. (2015). Gender Wage Inequality in the Western Balkans. In Cristiano Perugini and Fabrizio Pompei (Eds). Inequalities During and After Transition in Central and Eastern Europe, Palgrave MacMillan, Chapter 9: 222-243. [Book]
  • Avlijaš, S., Ivanović, N., Vladisavljević, M., and Vujić, S. (2013). Gender Pay Gap in the Western Balkan Countries: Evidence from Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, joint with the Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) and the University American College – Skopje (UACS). Funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – Regional Research Promotion Programme (RRPP) Western Balkans. [Book][Policy Brief]
  • Vujić, S. (2009). Econometric Studies to the Economic and Social Factors of Crime, Ph.D. Thesis, Tinbergen Institute & Thela Thesis Research Series, No. 454. [PhD Thesis]

Policy Reports

  • Baucal, A, Jeffrey, D., Lebedinski, L., and Vujić, S. (2021). Study on the feasibility of using public-private partnerships to expand access to preschool in Serbia. Oxford: Oxford Policy Management. [Final Report]
  • Wood, J., Neels, K., Elloukmani, S., Ou-Salah, L., Maes, J., Raeymaeckers, P., Vujić, S. Kasztan-Flechner, T., Horemans, J., Ghysels, J. (2020). Wegwijs naar werk. Longitudinale analyse en evaluatie van inburgerings- en activeringstrajecten in Vlaanderen, 2005-2016. Antwerpen: Universiteit Antwerpen (in Dutch). [Final Report]
  • Vujić, S., Baronijan, H. and Baucal, A. (2012). Investing in Early Childhood Education in Serbia: Different Costing Scenarios of Preschool Education, EU-UNICEF. [Final Report][Booklet]

Selected Work in Progress

(Draft available upon request)

  • Anguita, E., Deschacht, N., and Vujić, S. Pension System Size Preferences along the Bismarckian-Beveridgean Spectrum: Evidence from an Experiment.
  • James, J., and Vujić, S. Education and Fertility Timing.
  • Ezeyi, O., Guillemyn, I., and Vujić, S. Twin Peaks: An Analysis of the Gender Gap in Pension Income in England.