Some years abroad, some lessons learned: the study-abroad experience
In today’s fast-paced world, it can be difficult to stop and reflect on how we have changed over...
Alejandra Diaz Fuentes
How Is Economics Present In Our Lives?: Part II
In the first part of this series, my fellow econ colleague Khadija Zaidi and I shared the intuition...
How Is Economics Present In Our Lives?: Part I
Economics. A word that, for some, like the writers of this article and this esteemed journal, evoke the...
Aspirations as tool for development
As we know, education has many individual and social returns. For instance, as it has been established over...
Deworming in schools: policy design insights
According to the estimates for March 2020 of the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 1.5 billion people...
What do antitrusters do?
In the past years, the terms antitrust or competition law have been frequently paired up with concerns revolving...
Men as breadwinners and women as caregivers : the gender gap in Unpaid Care Work
While there has been significant progress in the last decades, gender inequality is still the status quo. Consequently,...
Heat or Hate: Global warming and farmer-herder conflicts
Last month, the association Alumni HEC Lausanne hosted the webinar “Heat or Hate: Global warming and farmer-herder conflicts »...
What does economic research suggest for immigration policy?
In recent years, immigration has become one of the most prominent political speech topics in developed nations. While...
How much does context matter in decision-making and social inclusion?
Traditional economic analysis relies on the assumption that humans are self-interested and behave rationally, that is agents can...