Social interactions are in the core of economic activities. Their treatment in Economies is however often limited to a focus on the market (Manski, 2000). The role social interactions themselves play for the behavior of agents as well as the formation of their attitudes is often neglected. This...

Portugal, female migration, breadwinning, undocumented migration, domestic work, globalisation, post-colonialism, social networks, social capital. - In my research I examine the situation of women from Eastern Europe who migrate alone to Portugal. Many had to leave behind their families and...

The first paper of this dissertation in Chapter II, “Insurance for Technology Adoption: An Experimental Evaluation of Schemes and Subsidies with Maize Farmers in Mexico”, analyzes experimentally how bundling the purchase of a risky technology, namely a higher yielding maize seed variety,...