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Biography
Paulo is a Lecturer in Economics at Monash University. His research interests are at the intersection of economics and sociology and also of economics and natural resource management - and in using insights from these different areas into understanding why poverty is persistent.
More than 70% of the differences in income or life expectancy across the world are due to circumstances beyond one's control: the place where we are born or our parent's wealth. I want to understand why these differences still persist and what can be done to change it.
As most economists, I care about how markets work. I'm particularly interested in understanding how markets are formed, how agents overcome problems of trust and asymmetric information. In my work I have looked at how networks are formed as one way of incorporating the idea of social embeddedness of economic relations, initially developed by sociologists and anthropologists, and how social context shapes transaction costs and allows the economy to function and how does it shape the depth and inclusiveness of markets. One small step from this work, I'm naturally interested in the importance of identity (and discrimination) as an additional explanation for why some people remain poor.
Natural resources and the territory are the other side of my interests: land use changes and deforestation, water management, technology adoption are all important determinants of the asset base that determines how people participate in the economy and in society of developing countries. They are also important areas of policy intervention, and one where the ability to talk with non-social scientists seems most needed.
Network
Projects
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Improving food security in the northern uplands of Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR): Identifying drivers and overcoming barriers
Santos, P., Cameron, L., Field, D., Gangadharan, L., Leroux, A., Minasny, B. & Sacklokham, S.
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) (Australia)
1/09/14 → 22/11/20
Project: Research
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Understanding food insecurity in the northern uplands of Lao PDR from a resource management and livelihoods perspective
5/01/13 → 30/01/13
Project: Research
Research output
- 10 Article
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Correcting for bias using multidimensional measures of Socially Desirable Response
Meyer, S. & Santos, P., Nov 2020, In : Economics Letters. 196, 3 p., 109574.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Freshwater fisheries conservation can increase biodiversity
Butorac, D., Santos, P., Phouvin, P. & Guegan, F., 27 May 2020, In : PLoS ONE. 15, 5, 14 p., e0233775.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
Genetic modification and yield risk: a stochastic dominance analysis of corn in the USA
Nolan, E. & Santos, P., 10 Oct 2019, In : PLoS ONE. 14, 10, 10 p., e0222156.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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No longer trapped? Promoting entrepreneurship through cash transfers to ultra-poor women in northern Kenya
Gobin, V. J., Santos, P. & Toth, R., Oct 2017, In : American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 99, 5, p. 1362-1383 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Irrigation water productivity in Cambodian rice systems
Wokker, C., Santos, P. & Bansok, R., 2014, In : Agricultural Economics. 45, 4, p. 421 - 430 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
8 Citations (Scopus)