Refereed Journals
Developing reading fluency in primary school: evidence from a RCT (with Matheus Gomes). Education Economics, 2024.
Effects of labor market regulation on underprivileged workers: Evidence from Brazil (with Joana Costa, Felipe Russo, Ana Luiza NH Barbosa). Journal of Labor Research, 2023.
Covid-19 school closures negatively impacted Elementary-school students’ reading comprehension and reading fluency skills (with Isabella Starling Alves and João Batista Oliveira). International Journal of Educational Development, 2023, 102753.
Pre-pandemic support for shared reading buffers adverse parenting impacts: an RCT in Brazil (with Luciane R. Piccolo, João Batista Oliveira, Caitlin F. Canfield, Erin Roby , Alan L. Mendelsohn). Pediatric Research, December, 2022.
Supporting Reading Aloud Beginning Prenatally and in Early Infancy: A randomized trial in Brazil (with Luciane R. Piccolo, João Batista Oliveira, Walfrido Duarte Neto, Alan L. Mendelsohn). Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, September, 2022.
Play to Learn - The impact of technology on students' math performance. Journal of Human Capital, 16 (3), 2022.
Improving Children's Executive Functions: evidence from capoeira. Oxford Economic Papers, 75 (2), 2023.
Early Childhood Education Effect on Children’s Vocabulary. Estudos Econômicos, 51 (1), 2021.
Decomposing the Teachers' Public-Private Wage Gap (with Thais Barcellos). Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 40 (2), 2020.
Student Composition in PISA Assessments: Evidence from Brazil (with Matheus Gomes and João Batista Oliveira). International Journal of Educational Development, 79, 2020.
Competition and the Racial Wage Gap: Evidence from Brazil (with Rodrigo R. Soares). Journal of Development Economics, 146, 2020.
Lasting Effects of Promoting Literacy - Do when and how to learn matter? (with Paulo Rocha e Oliveira). Education Economics, v.27 (4), 2019.
Evidence of Discrimination by Preference in Brazil. Revista Economia Aplicada, 2017, vol. 21, n.1.
The Impact Evaluation of a Rural CCT Programme on Outcomes Beyond Health and Education (with Rafael Ribas and Fabio Veras Soares). Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2010,2 (1): 138-157.
Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme for Cash Transfers: debating targeting methods for beneficiaries (with Rafael Ribas and Fábio Veras Soares). Cepal Review, 2010, 100: 205-216.
Refereed Journals in Portuguese
A universalização da pré-escola no Brasil - uma análise de determinantes históricos (with Talita Silva, Thais Barcellos, and João Batista Oliveira). Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2024, v.44, n.2.
Determinantes da evasão no ensino superior (with Matheus Gomes). Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, 2022, v.52, n. 3.
O Fundeb e a questão da equidade (with Lucas Melo and João Batista Oliveira). Revista Brasileira de Economia, 2022, v.76, n.2.
Distribuição territorial dos investimentos sociais privados e sua relação com características locais. Artigos Gife, 2020, v.2, n.2.
Perfil do Professores: quem são, onde trabalham, quanto ganham (with João Batista Oliveira and Talita Silva). Revista Ensaio, 2019, v.27, n.102.
Escolha ocupacional e transição no Brasil metropolitano: uma análise com ênfase no setor informal (with Ana Flavia Machado). Revista Economia Aplicada, 2010, vol.14, n.4.
Conceito de informalidade/formalidade e uma proposta de tipologia (with Ana Flavia Machado). Econômica (Niterói), 2008, v. 10, n. 1, pp.123-143.
A Influência da Raça e do Gênero nas Oportunidades de Obtenção de Renda - Uma Análise da Discriminação em Mercados de Trabalho Distintos: Bahia e São Paulo (with Maria Cristina Cacciamali). Estudos Econômicos, 2005, 35:4.
Working Papers
Effects of domestic worker legislation reform in Brazil. (with Joana Costa and Ana Luiza Barbosa). IPC-IG (Working Paper, 149), 2016.
Efeitos da ampliação dos direitos trabalhistas sobre a formalização, jornada de trabalho e salário das empregadas domésticas. (with Joana Costa and Ana Luiza Barbosa). Ipea. (Texto para Discussão, 2241), 2016.
Competition and the Racial Wage Gap: Testing Becker’s Model of Employer Discrimination. (with Rodrigo R. Soares). IZA (Discussion Paper, 9764), 2016.
Externality and Behavioural Change Effects of a Non-randomised CCT Programme: Heterogeneous Impact on the Demand for Health and Education (Clarissa Teixeira, Fabio Veras Soares, Rafael P. Ribas, and Elydia Silva). Quebec: PEP, 2011 (PEP-PIERI Working Paper, n.2011-19).
Beyond cash: assessing externality and behaviour effects of non-experimental cash transfers (Clarissa Teixeira, Fabio Veras Soares, Rafael P. Ribas, and Elydia Silva). Brasília: IPC-IG (Working Paper, n.65), 2010.
Achievements and Shortfalls of Conditional Cash Transfers: Impact Evaluation of Paraguay’s Tekoporã Programme (with Rafael Ribas and Fábio Veras Soares). Brasília: IPC (Evaluation Note, n. 3), 2008.
Debating Targeting Methods for Cash Transfers: Choosing between a Multidimensional Index and an Income Proxy for Paraguay’s Tekoporã programme (with Rafael Ribas and Fábio Veras Soares). Brasília: IPC (Evaluation Note,n. 2), 2008.
Other Publications
Emprego Doméstico no Brasil: Transições em Contextos de Crises. (with Joana Costa, Felipe Russo and Ana Luiza Barbosa). Boletim de Mercado de Trabalho: conjuntura e análise, Ipea, n.72, 2021.
Crise econômica e a transição do emprego doméstico no Brasil. (with Joana Costa, Felipe Russo and Ana Luiza Barbosa). Boletim Mercado de Trabalho: conjuntura e análise, Ipea, n.67, 2019.
Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments - Brazil Country Case Study. (with Paulo Rocha e Oliveira). 2017/18 Global Education Monitoring Report, Unesco, 2017.
Diferenciais de rendimento por raça na RMRJ. Boletim Trabalho no Rio de Janeiro, IETS, n. 3, 2017.
Efeitos da ampliação dos direitos trabalhistas sobre as condições de trabalho das empregadas domésticas (with Joana Costa and Ana Luiza Barbosa). Boletim Mercado de Trabalho: conjuntura e análise, Ipea , n. 60, 2016.
Hirata, G. (2014). Discriminação Racial no Brasil:preferências, concorrência e profecias. PUC-Rio, Tese (doutorado).
How effective are non-monetary components of CCT programs? (with Clarissa Teixeira, Fabio Veras Soares and Elydia Silva). One Pager, n. 129, IPC-IG, 2011.
Unintended Effects of Microfinance: an increase in child labour in some contexts? (with Christian Lehmann). One Pager, n.108, IPC-IG, 2010.
The Programa Subsidio de Alimentos in Mozambique: Baseline Evaluation (with Fábio Veras Soares and Rafael Ribas). Policy Research Brief, n. 14, IPC-IG, 2010.
How Much Do Non-Cash Components and Externalities Affect the Impact of Cash Transfers? (with Rafael Ribas, Fábio Veras Soares, Clarissa Teixeira and Elydia Silva). OnePager, n. 101, IPC-IG, 2010.
The Impact of CCTs: What We Know and What We Are Not Sure About (with Fábio Veras Soares and Rafael Ribas). Poverty in Focus, n. 15, pp. 12-13, IPC, 2008.
Cash Transfer and Child Labour: An Intriguing Relationship. One Pager, n. 71, IPC, 2008.
The Impact of CCTs – What We Know and What We Are Not Sure About. IN: Hailu, D; Soares, F. V. (2008). Poverty in Focus – CashTransfers: Lessons from Africa and Latin America. Brasilia: IPC, v.15, pp.12-13, 2008.
Conceito de informalidade/formalidade e uma proposta de tipologia (with Ana Flavia Machado - in Portuguese). Boletim Mercado de Trabalho: conjuntura e análise, IPEA, n. 34, 2007.