Andreja Poje is a macroeconomist and researcher with over 20 years of experience in various fields. She holds a master’s degree and is a PhD candidate at the University of Ljubljana. Her dissertation analyses the gender pay gap in Slovenia based on linked employer-employee data. Her research is centered on labour economics, minimum wages, gender pay gaps, industrial relations, and public finance.

She is also a member of the COIN research network (umass.edu/coin). Her latest research focuses on pay transparency and offers suggestions and action plans for implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive in Slovenia. She has led national and EC-funded projects or cooperated in the projects FDV, ETUI, IDPF, and so forth.