Vlasta Rasocha

Graduate Student Research Funding | 2023 - 2024 Academic Year

Contact at Work: Exposure to Political Opinions in the Brazilian Labor Market

In Brazil and other politically polarized democracies, friendships and relationships have become increasingly segregated by political opinion.  Workplaces remain one of the few areas, in which people with different political opinions could interact and exchange their views. In this project, we leverage a survey of the Brazilian workforce to study three questions. First, do Brazilians discuss politics in the workplace? Second, what are the factors driving individuals' willingness to discuss politics in the workplace? Finally, to what extent is workers’ willingness to discuss politics in the workplace driven by aversion to conflict and concerns about future discrimination?

Vlasta Rasocha, Department of Economics

Vlasta Rasocha is a third-year PhD student in economics. Born in the Czech Republic, Vlasta moved to the UK to pursue his undergraduate and masters studies at Cambridge University. In his research, Vlasta uses experimental and theoretical methods to design and evaluate non-standard policy instruments, such as cross-partisan contact, and shed light on the behavioral consequences of cognitive limitations in complex economic environments.

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