dr K. (Klarita) Gërxhani
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Introduction
Klarita Gërxhani graduated as an M.A. in Marketing at the Faculty of Economics, University of Tirana, Albania in 1996. After graduation, she worked as a researcher and research coordinator at the Albanian Center for Economic Research (ACER) and later as a Marketing Specialist at the Albanian Social Marketing Association (ASMA) in Tirana. In the period 1997-2001, she completed her Ph.D. studies on “The Informal Sector in Transition: Tax Evasion in an Institutional Vacuum” at the Tinbergen Institute and the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam. During November 2001 and September 2005, she was affiliated with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) and the Amsterdam School for Social science Research (ASSR) at the University of Amsterdam as a Post-doc, studying institutions, social capital and network formation in the labor market. Since 2004 she is a visiting researcher at the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics (FEE), University of Amsterdam and a research fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and the Amsterdam School for Social science Research. Starting September 2005, she is an Assistant professor at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Netherlands. She continues to maintain her affiliation with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS).
Recent awards
VENI grant (March 2005)- An individual research grant (min. 3 year-period; covering full salary and research money) awarded by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) as part of the Innovational Research Incentives Scheme.
Recent Publications
- Gërxhani, K. and Fidrmuc, J. (2008). Mind the Gap! Social Capital, East and West. Journal of Comparative Economics(36), 264-286.
- Gërxhani, K. (2007). “Did you pay your taxes?” How (not) to conduct tax evasion surveys in transition countries. Social Indicators Research, 80(3), 555-581.
- Gërxhani, K. and Schram, A. (2007). Albanië: 15 jaar worstelen met de instituties. Internationale Spectator, 61(6), 301-304.
- Gërxhani, K. (2007). Explaining gender differences in tax evasion: The case of Tirana, Albania. Feminist Economics, 13(2), 119-155.
- Gërxhani, K. (2006). Politico - economic institutions and the informal sector in Albania,. In Bezemer, D. J. (Eds. ), On eagle's wings. Ten years of market reform in Albania.
- Gërxhani, K. and Schram, A. (2005). Clan-based polarized voting: Empirical evidence. Journal of Democracy, 14.
- Fidrmuc, J. and Gërxhani, K. (2005). Formation of social capital in Central and Eastern Europe. Beyond Transition, 16(3), 18-20.
- Gërxhani, K. and Kuiper, E. (2004). WP 32 - Tax evasive behaviour and gender in a transition country.
- Gërxhani, K. (2003). WP 8 - Tax vasion in transition: Outcome of an institutional clash? -Testing Feige's conjecture.
- Gërxhani, K. (2003). Porezna evazija u Albaniji: Institucionalni vacuum (Tax evasion in Albania: An institutional vacuum). Financijska Teorija I Praksa (Financial Theory and Practice), 1, 55-83.
