Henrique Castro-Pires

Henrique Castro-Pires is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami, and concurrently serves as a Lecturer in Economics at the University of Surrey's Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences. His research focuses on organizational economics, contract theory, and labor economics, with particular emphasis on agency models, moral hazard, and adverse selection dynamics. He holds a PhD in Economics and has published in leading journals such as the American Economic Review and the Journal of the European Economic Association.

His research interests span the design of optimal contracts in hierarchical organizations, the impact of retaliation in managerial evaluations, and the effects of immigration policies on workforce composition. He also examines non-monetary interventions to improve hospital quality and procurement mechanisms in public projects. Methodologically, his work integrates theoretical models with empirical analyses to address complex incentive structures in multi-agent systems.

Castro-Pires collaborates extensively with institutions like the NHS, analyzing workforce retention strategies and their impact on healthcare outcomes. His empirical studies often employ large-scale administrative data, as seen in work evaluating Brexit's effects on NHS nurse quality. His contributions bridge theoretical economic frameworks with real-world policy applications, emphasizing practical implications for organizational management and public sector contracting.