Research

Main Publications

"Exploring the Effects of a Social-Emotional Learning Intervention in Brazilian Primary Schools: Findings from Year  Two of Implementation", Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, v.18, p. 588-614, 2024.

"GMM Quantile Regression” ( with Antonio Galvão, Sergio Firpo, Graciela Sanroman and Alexandre Poirier), Journal of Econometrics, v. 230,  p.432-452, 2021. [Codes] 

"Semiparametric Efficient Estimation of the Average Linear Regression Function", forthcoming Journal of Econometrics, v.226, p. 115-138, 2021 (NBER Working Paper 25234, cemmap Working Paper  CWP62/18 )

"Synthetic Control with Imperfect Pre-Treatment Fit" (with Bruno Ferman), Quantitative Economics, v.12, p. 1197-1221, 2021.

“Um compasso para aprender: A randomized trial of a social-emotional learning program in homicide-affected communities in Brazil" (with Dana McCoy, Vladimir Ponczek, Emily Hanno, Gabriela Fonseca e Natália Marchi), Child Development, v. 92(5), p. 1951-1968, 2021.

 "Cherry Picking with Synthetic Controls" ( with Bruno Ferman and Vitor Possebom), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v. 39, p. 510-532, 2020.

 "Inference in Differences-in-Differences with Few Treated Groups and Heteroskedasticity" (with Bruno Ferman),  Review of Economics and  Statistics, v. 101, p. 452-467, 2019.

“The impact of daycare attendance on Math test scores for a cohort of 4th graders in Brazil" (with Daniel Santos and Clarissa Rodrigues), Journal of Development Studies, v.53 (9): 1335-1357, 2017. 

“Efficient Estimation of Data Combination Models by the Method of Auxiliary-to-Study Tilting”  (with Daniel Egel and Bryan Graham), Journal of Business Economics & Statistics, v. 34, p. 288-301, 2016. (NBER Working Paper 16928) 

“Identification and Estimation of Distributional Impacts of Interventions Using Changes in Inequality Measures"  (with Sergio Firpo), Journal of Applied Econometrics, v. 31: 457-486, 2016. [Supplemental Appendix] [Codes] 

"Changes in cognitive achievement distribution for the students of 4th graders in Brazil: the relative distribution analysis for 1997 to 2005"  (with Clarissa Rodrigues and Eduardo Rios Neto), Economics of Education Review, v.34. 227-242, 2013. 

“Inverse Probability Tilting for Moment Condition Models with Missing Data", (with Daniel Egel and Bryan Graham), Review of Economic Studies, v.79(3), 1053-1079, 2012. (NBER Working Paper 13981)

 Other Publications

"Mortalidade adulta por nível de escolaridade em São Paulo: análise comparativa a partir de diferentes estratégias metodológicas" (with Cássio Turra e Mirian Ribeiro), Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População, v.38, 2021.

"Access to treatment for chronic kidney disease by children and adolescents in Brazil" (with Isabel Paz; Tulio Konstantyner; Paulo Cesar Koch Nogueira; Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto; Maria Fernanda Carvalho de Camargo; Ricardo de Castro Cintra Sesso) , Pediatric Nephrology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-021-05009-8 

"Wealth, Credit Constraints and Small Firms' Investment: Evidence from Brazil" (with Flávia Chein). Brazilian Review of Econometrics, v. 40, p. 59, 2020. 

" Sanitation and Health: Empirical evidence for Brazilian Municipalities" (with Enlinson Mattos, Lucas Teixeira e Luís Meloni) . Brazilian Review of Econometrics, v. 39, p. 269, 2020. 

"Development of a Risk Score for Earlier Diagnosis of Chronic Kidney Disease in Children"  (with Paulo Nogueira, Tulio Konstantyner, Maria Fernanda Carvalho, Isabel Paz, Vera Belangero, Marcelo Tavares, Clotilde Garcia, Oreste Neto, Zuntini Ferra, Marina Lordelo, Samira Oi, Renata Dasmceno e Ricardo Trindade) . PLOS ONE, v. 14, p. e0215100, 2019.

"Credit Constraint and Human Capital Investment: an empirical analysis using a Household Budget Survey” ( with Flávia Chein), Applied Economics, v.50, p. 2369-2385, 2018.

“Ensino Profissionalizante, Desempenho Escolar e Inserção Produtiva: Uma Análise dos Dados do ENEM” (with Flávia Chein and Antonio Araujo),  Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, v.48(1), p. 131-160, 2018. 

“Measuring Peer Effects in the Brazilian School System”, 2015 (with Sergio Firpo and Hugo Jales), Applied Economics, v. 47, p. 3414-3438, 2015. 

"Restrição de crédito e decisão de investimento: A experiência do setor informal no Brasil" (with Flávia Chein and Arthur Pinto), Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, v.43, p. 7 – 46, 2013. 

“Diferenças intertemporais na média e na distribuição do desempenho escolar no Brasil: o papel do nível socioeconômico no período de 1997 a 2005", (com Clarissa Rodrigues e Eduardo Rios Neto), Revista de Estudos de População, 28(1), 5-36, 2011.

Submitted and Under Review

 "The Building Blocks of Skill Development" ( with Vladimir Ponczek).

 "Homophily in preferences or meetings? Identifying and Estimating an Iterative Network Formation Model" (with Luis Alvarez and Vladimir Ponczek)

"Teachers Beliefs and Human Capital Formation" (with Gabriela Fonseca and Vladimir Ponczek)

Working Papers

"Difference-in-Discontinuities: Estimation, Inference and Validity Tests" (with Pedro Picchetti and Stéphanie T. Shinoki)

"Collaboration and Competition in R&D Networks: A Dynamic Econometric Approach" (with Luiz Alvarez)

"Marginal Treatment Effects in Difference-in-Differences" (with Pedro Picchetti)

"Promoting Exports" (with Cecília Carvalho, Nicolas Depetris-Chauvin, Paulo Mencacci, Emanuel Ornelas, João Paulo Pessoa and Vladimir Ponczek)

"Testing Exogeneity and Model Validation in Selection Models via Maximum Mean Discrepancy" (with Vitória Wendt and Luis Alvarez )

In Progress

"Doubly Robust Causal Inference with Interval Outcomes" (with Pedro Picchetti and Giordano Ribeiro)

"Does School Starting Age Generate Externalities on Siblings? Evidence using Regression Discontinuity Design" (with Isabela Innocente Gomes and Fernanda Estevan)

"A Maximal Inequality for Local Empirical Processes under Weak Dependence " (with Luis Alvarez)

"Signs Survive, Magnitudes Move: Modern Difference-in-Differences in Published Health and Policy Research" (with Pedro Sant'Anna and Victor Rangel")

Old Projects

“Roads, Urbanization and Development: Some Empirical Evidence from Brazilian Experience” ( with Flávia Chein).

Books and Book Chapters

Avaliação econômica de projetos sociais. (with Naercio Aquino Menezes Filho). 3. ed.  São Paulo : Fundação Itaú Social, 2017.

Ensino Médio Integral (with Gabriela Fonseca, Nathália Marchi and Vladimir Ponczek). In: Marcos Mendes (editor) Políticas Públicas Bem-sucedidas. 1ed São Paulo: Jandira, 2024, p. 15-33.

O impacto da Educação Infantil no Desempenho dos Alunos do Ensino Fundamental (with André Portela). In: Reynaldo Fernandes, Luiz Guilherme Scorzafave, André Portela and Fernando Botelho (editors). Políticas Públicas Educacionais e Desempenho Escolar dos Alunos da Rede Pública de Ensino. 1ed. Ribeirão Preto, SP: FUNPEC, 2014, p. 1-20.