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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 Haralambos Simeonidis Award, the BMZ/GIZ Public Policy Award, the Brazilian Society of Econometrics Award and the European Regional Science Association EPAINOS Award. Mr. Da Mata is Research Principal at FGV Cities, Research Fellow of the Brazilian Council of Scientific Research (CNPq), Scientific Advisor of FAPESP, and Invited Researcher of J-PAL.
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
FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation)
2025 – present Scientific Advisor
Brazilian Council of Scientific Research (CNPq)
2024 – present Research Fellow
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
IMDS/SBE Applied Microeconomics Prize (Runner-up), 2024
Best Paper Award (Honorable Mention), XV International Symposium ESPM, 2024
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), FEBRABAN 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), FEBRABAN 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
Who Benefits from Job Training Programs? Evidence from a High-Dosage Program in Brazil (with R. Oliveira, D. Silva). Journal of Development Economics, 2025 (Link)
The Consequences of Health Mandates on Infant Health: Evidence from a Smoking-Ban Regulation (with P. Drugowick), Journal of Development Economics, 2024 (Link)
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 (Link)
More Than Words: Leaders' Speech and Risky Behavior during a Pandemic (with N. Ajzenman, T. Cavalcanti), American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023 (Link)
Slums and Pandemics (with L. Brotherhood, T. Cavalcanti, C. Santos), Journal of Development Economics, 2022 (Link)
Changing the Climate for Banking: The Economic Effects of Credit in a Climate-Vulnerable Area (with G. Resende), Journal of Development Economics, 2020 (Link)
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 (Link)
On the Determinants of Slum Formation (with T. Cavalcanti and M. Santos), The Economic Journal, 2019 (Link)
Winning the Oil Lottery: The Impact of Natural Resource Extraction on Growth (with T. Cavalcanti and F. Toscani), Journal of Economic Growth, 2019 (Link)
Determinants of City Growth in Brazil (with U. Deichmann, J. V. Henderson, S. Lall, H. Wang). Journal of Urban Economics, 2007 (Link)
Referred Articles (in Brazilian Journals) and Book Chapters: Please see my complete CV.
WORKING PAPERS
Commodity Booms and the Environment (with M. Dotta)
Technological Progress and Climate Change: Evidence from the Agricultural Sector (with M. Dotta and T. Lobo)
Free Public Transport: More Jobs without Environmental Damage? (with M. Rodrigues and V. Possebom)
Housing, Social Cohesion and Well-Being: Evidence from Informal Settlements (with L. Bueno, G. Avelino, N. Bueno, C. Biderman)
The Effects of Job Loss on Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil (with E. Mattos and R. Vilarouca)
Labor Market Effects of Public Housing: Evidence from Large-Scale Lotteries (with L. Mation)
Labor Market Policies and Informality (with L. Brotherhood, N. Guner, P. Kircher, C. Santos)
Does University Expansion Promote Entrepreneurship? (with B. Alvarez and B. Martins)
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)
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
POLICY PAPERS AND REPORTS:
Labor Informality: A Persistent Challenge to Growth (with C. Santos and F. Iachan). Chapter 3 of Ayres, J., Izquierdo, A. & Parrado, E. (2025). 2025 Latin American and Caribbean Macroeconomic Report: Regional Opportunities Amid Global Shifts.
Multidimensional Poverty Index: Concepts and Proposals for Brazil (in Portuguese). Caderno de Estudos: Desenvolvimento Social em Debate n. 39, 2025 (with M. Neri)
The Impacts of the Cisterns' Program on Infant Health (in Portuguese). Caderno de Estudos: Desenvolvimento Social em Debate n. 36, 2024 (with L. Emanuel, V. Pereira and B. Sampaio)
The New Bolsa Família e Poverty Reduction in Early Childhood (In Portuguese). Caderno de Estudos: Desenvolvimento Social em Debate n. 36, 2024 (with R. Osorio, D. Carvalho and J. Costa)
Slums and Pandemics: How Did Intra-City Heterogeneity Affect the Dynamics of COVID-19? Research Insights IDB n.112, 2023 (with L. Brotherhood, T. Cavalcanti and C. Santos). Link
How Can Public Policies Curb Pandemics? Research Insights IDB n.121, 2023 (with L. Brotherhood, T. Cavalcanti and C. Santos). 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
Organizing committee, 2025 LACEA Urban Economics Network Meeting
Program committee, 2025 Meeting of the Brazilian Econometric Society
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
2025 International Conference & Workshop: Informal Settlements: Bridging Knowledge, Policy, and Practice, Seminar: Rethinking Informal Settlements, AREUEA Conference, World Congress of the Econometric Society, LACEA Meeting (Scheduled)
2024 FGV EPGE, PIMES, RIDGE-LACEA Workshop on Inequality and Poverty, AREUEA Conference, EEA Conference, UEA Meeting, 13º PESQUISAR: Congresso Interdisciplinar de Produção Científica (Keynote), VIII FGV Research Symposium, SBE 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