About me
I am an economist and artist, passionate about studying, teaching, and singing. Born in Venezuela, I grew up in Castelo Branco, in the Portuguese countryside, and have lived in Lisbon since 2004.
I hold a Master’s in Economics and am pursuing a PhD in the same field. For twelve years I directed Montes Claros, a university residence in Lisbon, and I am now financial co-director and director of studies of Opus Dei in Portugal — a Catholic organization I have belonged to since 2005 — supporting the regional vicar. I am also an Invited Teaching Assistant in Economics at Católica-Lisbon and ISCTE-IUL.
I am also a lyric baritone — executive director of the quartet 4 Voices and a member of the Lisbon Chamber Choir. More about my music →
Research
Research Interests
- Macroeconomics
- Income and Wealth Distribution
- Growth
- Economic History
Job Market Paper
“Markups, Markdowns, and the Labor Share”
A two-sector general equilibrium decomposition of the post-1980 U.S. labor-share decline into investment-embodied technical change, product-market markups, and labor-market wage markdowns. The intensification of employer market power in the consumption sector emerges as the dominant force.
Other research
“Reassessing the Role of Capital in the Dynamics of the Labor Share” Working paper Slides
How sectoral differences in the capital-output elasticity can act as a countervailing force to the labor-share decline, in a two-sector growth model with investment-embodied technical change.
“Luxury Goods Externalities, Taxation, and Endogenous Business Cycles” 2012
Consumption externalities and good-specific taxation as sources of — and remedies for — endogenous business-cycle indeterminacy in a two-sector OLG model.
Teaching
Currently teaching
Econometrics 2025-26
Católica-Lisbon SBE · Instructor: Pedro Raposo · International and National Undergraduates in Economics
Previous courses
Católica-Lisbon SBE
Economic History 2023-24
Instructor: António Fidalgo · Undergraduate in Economics
Applied Data Analytics 2021-22
Instructor: António Fidalgo · International Undergraduate in Business Administration
Business Research Methods (B) 2021-22
Instructor: António Fidalgo · MSc in Business
ISCTE-IUL
Econometrics I 2024-25
Instructor: Joaquim Ramalho · Undergraduate in Economics
Macroeconomics I 2023-24
Instructor: Vivaldo Mendes · Undergraduate in Economics
Macroeconomics 2022-23
Instructor: Vivaldo Mendes · Undergraduate in Finance and Accounting
Principles of Economics 2022-23
Instructor: Nádia Simões · Undergraduate in Computer Science and Business Management
Macroeconomics II 2021-22
Instructor: Sofia Vale · Undergraduate in Economics
Education
PhD in Economics candidate (2026–expected)
ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon
MSc in Economics (2012)
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics
BSc in Economics (2007)
Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics
Skills
Programming, Design & Publishing
Languages
English Spanish