Manuel Serrano-Alarcón

Manuel Serrano-Alarcón research interests revolve around the counterfactual impact evaluation of public policies, particularly in the areas of social and health policies. He has published in leading field journals in economics such as Journal Health Economics, Health Economics or Social Science and Medicine. Currently, at CC-ME, he is involved with the Learning Lab and the Centre for Research on Impact Evaluation, which are administrative agreements with DG EAC and DG EMPL, respectively. These initiatives aim to promote the application of counterfactual impact evaluation methods for evaluating public policies.

He has extensive experience in policy evaluation, having collaborated with national and regional governments such as the Health Minister of Portugal and the Social Services department of Catalonia, as well as international organizations like the World Health Organization. Manuel has also held teaching positions at Bocconi University in Milan, Nova University of Lisbon, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

He holds a PhD in Global Public Health/Health Economics from NOVA National School of Public Health at NOVA University of Lisbon, a MSc in Economic Development and Growth from the University of Warwick and Lund University, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Alicante.

Competence Centre on Microeconomic Evaluation (CC-ME)