This page shows stuff that is not my core research. Policy work, data-driven analyses, and other projects that I have been involved in. Some of them are ongoing, others are already finished.
Econometrics reading group
Presentations and discussions of econometrics papers at the University of Bern.
A modern Gauss–Markov theorem? Hansen (2022) and the subsequent debate (May 2026). [Slides.]
Estimating spillovers using panel data: Arcidiacono, Foster, Goodpaster, and Kinsler (2012, QE) (October 2025). [Slides.]
Projects at PROSPER
As a Research Fellow at PROSPER, I’ve collaborated on several different projects funded by several institutions. Here is a list of some of them:
PROSPER Portuguese linked employer-employee microdata manual. [R package QPcleaneR.]
The burden of the minimum wage: evidence from Portugal. [Paper.]
Electric mobility in Portugal: where are we and where are we heading? (in Portuguese). [Report, Presentation, Newsletter 1, Newsletter 2.]
The returns of vocational education in Portugal. [Paper.]
The Portuguese economy. [Presentation.]
Employment and social inclusion: evaluability of policies co-financed by European funds (in Portuguese). [Deliverable 1, Deliverable 2.]
Miscellaneous projects and articles
discordAR: an app that measures political proximity between Portuguese parties (with Sebastião Fonte; in Portuguese). [App and article, Media.]
Arquivo.pt Prize 2024, AMCC mention, awarded by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia — website
Political polarization in Portugal and some other political facts (with Sebastião Fonte). [Presentation.]
Renting in Portugal has become unaffordable (in Portuguese). [Article, Media.]
Research disseminated and graphs replicated by the newspaper Expresso (web and print versions); radio interview to Renascença (Spotify); most popular article of the day in r/portugal (link).
The decrease of teachers’ wages (with Mafalda Salema; in Portuguese). [Article, Media.]
MFA (with Ricardo Ferreira Reis and Sebastião Fonte). [Presentation.]
Use AI in R (presentation at Statistics Portugal). [Slides.]