Ermira Hoxha Kalaj

Researcher

Ermira Hoxha Kalaj is a researcher on the Fairwork Albania team. She collaborates on the adaptation of the Fairwork principles, interviewing workers and platform executives, analysing data, developing platform scores, and disseminating the results.

Ermira is an Associate Professor of Public Economics at the University of Shkodra. Previously she held faculty positions at the University of Durrёs. She received her Ph.D. degree in “Economics and Management” from the University of Trento, Italy. She is a holder of CERGE-EI Foundation Teaching Fellows Career Integration Fellowship since 2017. Her current research interests include public sector economics, and econometric methods for program and policy evaluation.

Ermira’s publications include Female Entrepreneurship in Albania: Analysis of Incentives and Disincentives, Investigating Financial Challenges Facing Enterprises: Evidence from Albania, and Do Remittances alter Labour Market Participation?

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