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SHORT BIO              

Daniel Da Mata is an Associate Professor at Sao Paulo School of Economics-Fundação Getulio Vargas. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge. Mr. Da Mata specializes in urban, environmental, and labor economics. He was a research economist at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) from 2004 to 2018. Mr. Da Mata held several positions at the institute, including Deputy Director of Urban and Regional Studies, Head of Urban Studies, and Head of Quantitative Research Division. His research focuses mainly on public policy evaluation and has been published in several peer-reviewed journals such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Public Economics, and Journal of Urban Economics. His research has been awarded several honors, including the BMZ/GIZ Public Policy Award and the European Regional Science Association EPAINOS Award.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS               

Sao Paulo School of Economics – Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EESP)

2022 – present                Associate Professor

2018 – 2022                     Assistant Professor

Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA)

2016 – 2017                   Deputy Director of Regional, Urban and Environmental Studies 

2016 – 2016                   Head of Federalism Studies 

2015 – 2016                   Head of Quantitative Research Division 

2013 – 2018                   Tenured Researcher (on leave since 2018)

2009 – 2009                   Head of Urban Studies

2004 – 2013                   Researcher (on leave 2009-2013)

IBMEC Business School

2008 – 2009                   Lecturer 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS      

FGV Cities (FGV Cidades) – Fundação Getulio Vargas

2023 – present               Research Principal

Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL LAC)

2021 – present               Invited Reseacher

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG)

2017 – 2018                    Research Affiliate

EDUCATION

2009 – 2014                   Ph.D. in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK

2005 – 2007                   M.A. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of Brasilia, Brazil

2000 – 2004                   B.A. in Economics, Department of Economics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

FIELDS OF INTEREST

Urban Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Public Economics, Labor Economics 

AWARDS AND HONORS

Haralambos Simeonidis Award, ANPEC - Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics, 2023

Research Distinction Award, Getulio Vargas Foundation, 2023

Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award (Runner-Up), Field: Applied Microeconomics, 2022

Economics of Banking Award (1st Place), Brazilian Federation of Banks, 2021

Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award (1st Place), Field: Applied Microeconomics, 2020

Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award (1st Place), Field: Applied Macroeconomics, 2020

Economics of Banking Award (1st Place), Brazilian Federation of Banks, 2015

Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award (Runner-Up), Field: Finance, 2015

BMZ/GIZ Public Policy Award (1st Place), International Institute of Public Finance, 2014

EPAINOS Award (1st Place), European Regional Science Association, 2013

Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award (Runner-Up), Field: Applied Macroeconomics, 2013

Ph.D. Fellowship, CAPES, 2009-2013

Master's Fellowship, CNPq, 2004

Undergraduate Fellowship, CAPES, 2000-2003

PUBLICATIONS

• The Consequences of Health Mandates on Infant Health: Evidence from a Smoking-Ban Regulation (with P. Drugowick), Journal of Development Economics, 2024

• Climate Adaptation Policies and Infant Health: Evidence from a Water Policy in Brazil (with L. Emanuel, V. Pereira, B. Sampaio), Journal of Public Economics, 2023

• More Than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic (with N. Ajzenman, T. Cavalcanti), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023

• Slums and Pandemics (with L. Brotherhood, T. Cavalcanti, C. Santos), Journal of Development Economics, 2022

• Changing the Climate for Banking: The Economic Effects of Credit in a Climate-Vulnerable Area (with G. Resende), Journal of Development Economics, 2020

• Avoidable Environmental Disasters and Infant Health: Evidence from a Mining Dam Collapse in Brazil (with B. Carrillo, L. Emanuel, D. Lopes, B. Sampaio), Health Economics, 2020

• On the Determinants of Slum Formation (with T. Cavalcanti and M. Santos), The Economic Journal, 2019

• Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth (with T. Cavalcanti and F. Toscani), Journal of Economic Growth, 2019

• Determinants of City Growth in Brazil (with U. Deichmann, J. V. Henderson, S. Lall, H. Wang). Journal of Urban Economics, 2007

Referred Articles (in Brazilian Journals) and Book Chapters: Please see my complete CV.

WORKING PAPERS

• Who Benefits from Job Training Programs? Evidence from a High-Dosage Program in Brazil (with R. Oliveira, D. Silva) R&R Journal of Development Economics

• Commodity Booms and the Environment (with M. Dotta)

• Technological Progress and Climate Change: Evidence from the Agricultural Sector (with M. Dotta and T. Lobo)

• Labor Market Effects of Public Housing: Evidence from Large-Scale Lotteries (with L. Mation)

• The Effects of Fiscal Equalization on Housing Markets: Evidence from Brazil

WORK IN PROGRESS

• Low-Cost Management Consulting and Firm Productivity (with L. Mation)

• Breaking Up: Do Smaller Jurisdictions Provide Better Services (with M. Castro)

• Labor Market Policies and Informality (with L. Brotherhood, N. Guner, P. Kircher, C. Santos)

• Housing and Mental Well-being during Pressing Times: Experimental Evidence from Brazilian Slums (with G. Avelino, L. Bueno, N. Bueno, C. Biderman)

• Do Job Placement Services Unleash the Benefits from Job Training? (with R. Oliveira)

BOOK (in Portuguese)

Evaluating Public Policies in Brazil: An Analysis for the Semiarid Region (with R. Freitas, G. Resende). Link

EDITORIAL WORK

Referee for Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Urban Economics, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Urban Studies, World Development

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Program committee, 2024 LACEA Meeting

Committee member, 2024 Prof. Werner Baer Regional Economics Award

Committee member, 2022  IADB & Brazilian Society of Finance Award 

Program committee, 2022 Annual LAUrban Meeting

Program committee, 2021 Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance

Program committee, 2021 ANPEC National Meeting of Economics

Committee member, 2018 Brazilian Econometric Society Award: Applied Economics

Committee member, 2018 Brazilian Regional Science Association Award

Program committee, 2017 Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society

Program committee, 2017 Pernambuco Meeting of Economists

Committee member, 2016 Brazilian Econometric Society Award: Applied Economics

Committee member, 2016 Regional Economics Award, Banco do Nordeste 

PRESENTATIONS

2024     FGV EPGE, PIMES, RIDGE-LACEA Workshop on Inequality and Poverty, AREUEA Conference, EEA Conference, UEA Meeting

2023     IIPF Congress, UFRJ, VII FGV Research Symposium, Seminar Bolsa Família 2.0, SBE Meeting

2022     SBE Meeting, J-PAL Workshop on Labor Market Policies

2021     IIPF Congress, Ipea-RJ, CAF, FGV IBRE

2020     SBE Meeting

2019     EEA Conference, IIPF Congress, UEA European Meeting, Kraks Fond Workshop on Neighborhoods, Externalities and Inequalities

2018     4th REAP and SBE Meetings,  UEA Meeting, SBE Meeting, XXI Workshop in International Economics and Finance

2017     FGV EESP, USP-RP, RIDGE Workshop on Economic History, IIPF Congress, 4th Urbanization and Poverty Reduction Research Conference, Brazilian Central Bank

2016     PUC-Rio, BNDES, BNB, USP, Deforestation Workshop INPE, BRICS Smart Cities Conference, V Fórum Baiano de Economia Aplicada, SAGI/Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social, LACEA Meeting

2015     IPC-UNDP, Insper, Ipea-Brasília, Ipea-Rio, UCB, PIMES, Urban Economics Association Conference, LACEA Meeting, SBE Meeting, National Tax Association Annual Conference

2014    Johns Hopkins SAIS, World Bank Urban Division, PUC-Rio, UNB, UCB, EEA Conference, International Institute of Public Finance Congress, Urban Economics Association Conference, European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Meeting, Ipea-Brasília

2013    Urban Economics Association Conference, European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Brazilian Econometric Society Meeting

2012    Urban Economics Association Conference, European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association

2008    World Bank Forum - World Bank São Luis Sustainable Development Forum, Regional Science Association International (RSAI) World Conference, Brazilian Economic Association Meeting

2007    Brazilian Economic Association Meeting

2006    Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) Meeting, World Bank Forum - World Bank São Luis Sustainable Development Forum

2005    Third Urban Research Symposium