Using matched employer-employee data, I show that workers are more likely to quit after a high-quality coworker leaves and, conditional on moving, are disproportionately likely to join that coworker’s new employer. These peer-linked moves are associated with higher entry wages and stronger worker-firm sorting, highlighting workplace networks as an important determinant of job-to-job mobility.
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Winner of the 2026 Fernando Branco Award · Portuguese Economic Journal
Official award announcement
Primary fields
Labor Economics · Applied Econometrics
Secondary fields
Economics of Education · Inequality · Household Finance
Impact of AI on the Portuguese Labor Market
Spillovers of minimum wage increases on other wages in the same firm
Impact of peers on utility-decision making
Economics for Policy Knowledge Center · 2022–Present
Our team developed a methodology for evaluating policy across generations and produced eight reports. The work has informed public discussion, received national media coverage, and been cited in legislative debates.
Funded by Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Integrated System for Protection against Natural and Seismic Disasters under the PTRR
European Union Continental AI Action Plan: Analysis of the Portuguese Labor Market
European Union Pact on Migration and Asylum
Restoring Teachers’ Total Service Time
Non-Adjustment of the Pensions According to Law 53-B/2006
Sustainable Employment Commitment
World Bank · 2022 · Washington, DC, USA
With Philippe Auffret
World Bank Report, No. 167570 · 2021 · Washington, DC, USA
With Jehann Jack and Yunhui Zhao
Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe – Selected Issues
IMF Country Report, No. 18/322, pp. 18–31 · 2018 · Washington, DC, USA
With Marshall Mills et al.
Regional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 61–85 · October 2016 · Washington, DC, USA
Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (forthcoming) · Beijing, China · 2026
Workshop on Wealth Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility, and Equality of Opportunity (forthcoming) · Vienna, Austria · 2026
Portuguese Economic Journal Annual Meeting · Aveiro, Portugal · 2026
9th Linked Employer-Employee Data Workshop · Lisbon, Portugal · 2026
RCEA International Conference in Economics, Econometrics, and Finance · Madrid, Spain · 2026
Econometrics Society Asian Winter Meeting · Abu Dhabi, UAE · 2026
Econometrics Society European Winter Meeting · Nicosia, Cyprus · 2025
Portuguese Economic Journal Annual Meeting · Lisbon, Portugal · 2025
Conference on Network Science in Economics · Palo Alto, USA · 2025
Lisbon Micro Group · Lisbon, Portugal · 2024, 2025 & 2026
PhD Research Group · Lisbon, Portugal · 2024, 2025 & 2026