I am a behavioral scientist at the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research. I am the co-founder and research director of the Social Bee Lab. I am also a fellow at CBID at NYU Abu Dhabi.

I use lab, on-line and field experiments to study how social connections and group identities lead to economic inequality, as well as ways to promote opportunities and economic mobility. You can see my work (here) and download my CV (here).

Also, I organize the Ethics, Experiments and Economics (3E) seminar series (see program) and coordinate the PhD mentoring group on experimental research at LISER.

Research

Publications

  1. Identity change and economic mobility: experimental evidence. Games and Economic Behavior, 2024 (single authored)

  2. The Role of Personal and Impersonal Relational Contracts on Partner Selection and Efficiency. Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, 2023 (with E. Reuben)

  3. Experimental Evidence Shows that Negative Motive Attribution Drives Counter-punishment Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2023 (with N. Nikiforakis)

  4. The Limits of Transparency in Reducing Corruption. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2021 (with D. Parra, L.A. Palacio)

  5. Web of Lies: A Tool for Determining the Limits of Verification in Preventing the Spread of False Information on Networks. Scientific Reports, 2021 (with K. Makovi)

  6. Integration and Diversity. Experimental Economics, 2020 (with S. Goyal, P. Hernández, G. Martínez, F. Moisan, A. Sánchez)

  7. Collaborative Production Networks among Unequal Actors. Network Science, 2020 (with J. Dijkstra, R. Wittek, A. Flache)

  8. Equilibrium Characterization of Networks under Conflicting Preferences. Economic Letters, 2017 (with P. Hernandez, G. Martinez, A. Sanchez)

  9. The Bargaining Power of Commitment: An Experiment on the Effects of Threats in the Hawk-Dove Game. Rationality and Society, 2015 (with L. A. Palacio, A. Cortes)

  10. Heterogeneous Network Games: Conflicting Preferences. Games and Economic Behavior, 2013 (with P. Hernandez, A. Sanchez)

Working papers

  1. Publicly targeting disadvantaged groups limits take-up of an educational program (single authored)
    [In preparation for submission]

  2. The Recency Bias in the Attribution of Responsibility for Joint Work (with A. Baranski)
    [Submitted]

Work In Progress

  1. Gender bias in job referrals (with E. Reuben)
    2. [Data analysis stage]

  2. Social class, skills and job referrals (with J. Díaz, E. Reuben, R. Tuncer)
    3. [Data analysis stage]

  3. How signals of identity and merit impact take-up of educational opportunities (single authored)
    4. [Data analysis stage]

  4. Referring into opportunities: Field experiments on proactive and reactive help (single authored)
    5. [Data analysis stage]

  5. Committee formation, identity signaling and allocation of scholarships: a field experiment (with L. Lozano)
    6. [Design stage]

Policy Reports

  1. An Experimental Evaluation of the Forever Fit Program. Policy Report - Department of Community Development Abu Dhabi, UAE 2021 (with N. Nikiforakis, E. Reuben, A. Dariel, U. Afzal)

  2. Exploring Nudges to Promote Physical Activity Among Senior Adults in Abu Dhabi. Policy Report - Department of Community Development Abu Dhabi, UAE 2020 (with N. Nikiforakis, E. Reuben, A. Dariel)

  3. Physical Activity for Senior Adults in Abu Dhabi. Policy Report - Department of Community Development Abu Dhabi, UAE 2020 (with N. Nikiforakis, E. Reuben, A. Dariel)

Get in touch
  • Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER),
    Office 433, Maison des Sciences Humaines 11,
    Porte des Sciences, L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette / Belval
  • manuel.munoz@liser.lu