Hi, and welcome to my website!
I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Economics at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. I am also an Assistant Professor of Research (on leave) at the Centre for Research in Higher Education Policies (CIPES). I received my Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham. During my PhD, I was a visiting student at the IAE-CSIC in Barcelona. Prior to joining UAB, I worked at Nova SBE, the Polytechnic of Lisbon, CIPES, and the School of Economics at the University of Porto (until August 2025).
Fields of Interest: Labour Economics, Economics of Education, Public Economics, and Microeconometrics.
Research Affiliations: CIPES, IZA, and GLO
I am the Portuguese representative at the European Network of Graduate Tracking. This group was created by the European Commission to support European Union Member States with the implementation of the Council Recommendation on tracking graduates.
You can find my CV here .
NEWS:
New publication at The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: "Public and Private School Grade Inflation Patterns in Secondary Education", 2025, 25 (2), 305-342 . DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2024-0136
New policy report (in PT): Estudo de diagnóstico de necessidades docentes de 2025 a 2034 [Diagnostic study of teaching needs from 2025 to 2034 ], DGEEC, conducted at the request of the Minister’s Office
Next research talk: Presentation at SAEe at Universitat Autònoma, Spain, 18th December 2025
Next policy talk: Fórum Estatístico of the report "Impact assessment of the digital textbook pilot project on student learning", Lisbon (10th of December, DGEEC)
