Faculty Profile - Mrika Kotorri Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo

Adjunct Lecturer, Economics Unit, Rochester Institute of Technology Kosovo, Pristina, Kosovo;

Currently, she teaches economics courses on the Bachelor, Master and and Ph.D. Programme. Her professional career spans teaching economics courses, such as Microeconomics, Econometrics, Public Finance and Intermediate Microeconomics, at both the University of Prishtina and the Rochester Institute of Technology Kosovo. She has served as a Political Advisor to the Kosovo Prime Minister during 2010-2014 and as a Political Advisor to the Minister on EU Integration during 2014-2016. She has authored books, numerous research reports, several research papers and consultancy assignments. Her research work focuses on the area of migration economics, development economics, education, SME development, entrepreneurship, informal economy and transition.

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Kotorri, M. 2010. The probability of economic emigration in Kosovo. Eastern European Economics 48: 17–35.

Kotorri, M. 2017. The Probability of Return Conditional on Migration Duration: Evidence from Kosovo. South East European Journal of Economics and Business 12(2): 35-46.

Kotorri, M. and Krasniqi B. 2018. Managerial Characteristics and Export Performance – Empirical Evidence from Kosovo. South East European Journal of Economics and Business 13(2): 32-48.

Kotorri, M., Krasniqi B., and Dabic, M. 2020. Migration, Remittances, and Entrepreneurship: A Seemingly Unrelated Bivariate Probit Approach. Remittances Review.

Kotorri, Mrika. 2015. An Investigation into Economic Migration, Lambert Academic Publishing, Saarbruecken.

Kotorri, M., Holzner, M., Kotorri, V., Çitaku, F., Zherka, P., 2016. The Determinants of economic emigration, with special reference to Kosovo. Diversity of Migration in South-East Europe. Peter Lang Publishing, 

Kotorri, M., Rizvanolli, A., Peci, F., Kotorri, V., Çitaku, F., Zherka, P., and Holzner, M. 2013. Migration and its Impacts from the Perspective of the Economic Development of the Home Country: with Special Reference to Kosova. a project supported by the University of Fribourg and Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Fribourg: University of Fribourg, Interfaculty Institute for Central and Eastern Europe.

Mustafa, M., Kotorri, M., Gashi, P., Gashi, A., Demukaj, V., 2007. Diaspora and Migration Policies. Riinvest Institute.

Mustafa, M., Kotorri, M., Gashi, P., Demukaj, V., 2005. Privatization in Kosova: Forwards and Backwards. Riinvest Institute.

Mustafa, M., Kotorri, M., Gashi, P., Demukaj, V., 2004. Education and Economic Development. Riinvest Institute.