Bruno Škrinjarić, PhD

Education

• 2012 - 2020 Doctoral studies in Economics, Center for Doctoral Studies in Economics, University of Mannheim, Germany and the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 2010 - 2011 Master's degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 2006 - 2011 Bachelor's degree in Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb

Employment and work experience

• 2020 - today: Institute of Economics, Zagreb, research associate at the Department for Innovation, Business Economics and Business Sectors
• 2011 - 2020: Institute of Economics, Zagreb, research assistant at the Department for Innovation, Business Economics and Business Sectors

Non-formal education

• 2021 Introduction into SEM, Global School in Empirical Research methods (GSERM), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2017 Data analysis in R, Amsterdam Summer School, Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• 2016 Lectures on Economics of Education, Barcelona GSE, Barcelona, Spain
• 2016 Regression 2 - Linear models and Advanced time series analysis, Global School in Empirical Research methods (GSERM), St. Gallen, Switzerland
• 2016 Web surveys - visual design and delivery, Social Research Association (SRA), Cardiff, United Kingdom
• 2015 Questionnaire design, NatCen Social Research, London, United Kingdom

Teaching

• 02/2015 - today: teaching associate in courses Principles of Economics, Microeconomics; Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb
• 10/2016: student workshop „Development and implementation of an online survey and analysis of key competences in Economics and business field“, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 02/2016: Workshop in key software - LaTeX, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 09/2015: Workshop in key software - Stata, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb
• 10/2013: Workshop in key software - EndNote, The Institute of Economics, Zagreb

Research grants and research projects

• 2020 - 2024: Consumer resilience to online privacy violation (REPRICON), Croatian Science Foundation, investigator
• 2021 - 2022: Corruption as an obstacle to efficiently fighting the Covid-19 pandemic (PANCORR), TvojGrant@EIZ, project leader
• 2015 - 2018: Investigating the impact of the innovation union (I3U), EU Horizon 2020, investigator
• 2014 - 2017: Extended model of online privacy concern (PRICON), Croatian Science Foundation, investigator
• 2016 - 2018: Strengthening scientific and research capacity of the Institute of Economics Zagreb as a cornerstone for Croatian socioeconomic growth through the implementation of Smart Specialization Strategy (SmartEIZ), EU Horizon 2020, investigator
• 2016 - 2017: Relationship between electronic payment and combating grey economy in Croatia (EPAY), commissioned by: Komunikacijski laboratorij d.o.o., investigator
• 2015 - 2016: Development of Sector Profiles for Croatian Qualifications’ Framework (PROSEK), commissioned by: Ministry of labor and pension system, investigator
• 2014 - 2015: Productivity Analysis of Croatian Enterprises, commissioned by: World Bank, investigator

Fields of interest

• Economics of education
• Applied econometrics
• Labor economics

Selected Bibliography

1. Srhoj, S., Škrinjarić, B., Radas, S., & Walde, J. (2022). Small Matching Grants for Women Entrepreneurs: Lessons from the Past Recession. Small Business Economics, 59, 117-142. doi: 10.1007/s11187-021-00524-2.
2. Kukoč, M., Škrinjarić, B., & Juračak, J. (2021). The Impact Assessment of the EU Pre-Accession Funds on Agriculture and Food Companies: The Croatian Case. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 19(3), e0107. doi: 10.5424/sjar/2021193-16764.
3. Srhoj, S., Škrinjarić, B., & Radas, S. (2021). Bidding against the odds? The impact evaluation of grants for young micro and small firms during the recession. Small Business Economics, 56(1), 83-103. doi: 10.1007/s11187-019-00200-6.
4. Škrinjarić, B. (2023). Competence proximity to employers’ requirements and labour market success of economics and business graduates. South East European Journal of Economics and Business, 18(2), 140-161. doi: 10.2478/jeb-2023-0024.
5. Škrinjarić, B., & Domadenik, P. (2019). Examining the role of key competences in firm performance. International Journal of Manpower, 41(4), 391-416. doi: 10.1108/IJM-10-2018-0349.