Milan Vodopivec, formerly a Lead Economist with the World Bank, is professor at the Faculty of Management of the University of Primorska, Slovenia. He received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1989 he joined the World Bank, where he worked in the Research Department and in the Human Development Network. He also served as a State Undersecretary at the Ministry of Labor of Slovenia, and was a teacher and dean of the first private college in Slovenia.

His research interests focus on employment dynamics (using matched employer-employee data) and income support systems for the unemployed. He has published widely in these areas, including in Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, European Economic review, Labour Economics, and Economics of Transition. He is also the author of the book “Income Support for the Unemployed: Issues and Options,” and the co-editor of the book “Reforming Severance Pay: An International Perspective,” published by the World Bank in 2004 and 2012, respectively.

He joined IZA as a Research Fellow in June 2002.

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IZA Publications

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2171
revised version published as 'Does reducing unemployment insurance generosity reduce job match quality?' in: Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92 (3-4), 684-695
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1297
published in: Economics of Transition, 2005, 13 (2), 311-340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1247
published in: Higher Education, 2009, 57 (4), 429-448
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1181
published in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2006, 24 (2), 351-378
IZA Discussion Paper No. 901
published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2009, 76(2), 553-576
IZA Discussion Paper No. 569
published in: Economics of Transition, 2003, 11 (2), 253-290
IZA Policy Paper No. 6
published in: IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2013, 2:1, [Open Access]
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