Refereed Publications
The Impact of Admission to a Selective College on Crime: Evidence from a Tuition-Free University in Brazil (with Suzanne Duryea, Breno Sampaio, and Giuseppe Trevisan), Journal of Labor Economics, forthcoming. [replication material]
The Impact of Peer Performance and Relative Rank on Managerial Career Attainment: Evidence from College Students (with Breno Sampaio and Giuseppe Trevisan), Management Science, 2025, 71 (5): 3641-4531. [discussion paper] [supplemental material]
Who benefits from tuition-free, top-quality universities? Evidence from Brazil (with Suzanne Duryea, Breno Sampaio, Gustavo Sampaio, and Giuseppe Trevisan), Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95: 102423. [discussion paper] [online appendix]
Unveiling the Price of Obscenity: Evidence from Closing Prostitution Windows in Amsterdam (with Erasmo Giambona), Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023, 42 (3): 677-705. [online appendix]
Winner, SBE Best Paper in Applied Microeconomics, 2017.
Mentioned on Marginal Revolution.
The external cost of prostitution: Evidence from shutting down red light districts in the Netherlands (with Erasmo Giambona), Real Estate Economics, 2023, 51 (3): 630-654. [online appendix]
"No drugs in my back yard:" The ambivalent reception of cannabis retailers (with L. Michelle Bruijn), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 199: 103-121. [working paper] [online appendix]
Short- and long-term effects of class assignment: Evidence from a flagship university in Brazil (with Breno Sampaio and Giuseppe Trevisan), Labour Economics, 2020, 64: 101835. [online appendix]
2nd Prize, SBE Best Paper in Applied Microeconomics, 2018.
Featured on GlobalDev.
Liquidity constraints, spillovers, and entrepreneurship: evidence from a cash transfer program, Small Business Economics, 2020, 55 (4): 1131-1158. [working paper] [one pager] [online appendix]
2nd Prize, GDN Medal for Research Paper on Social Protection and Social Policies, 2012.
The effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings: a regression-discontinuity approach (with Rafael Matta, Breno Sampaio, and Gustavo Sampaio), IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 5 (9): 1-25.
Is the Stock Market Just a Side-Show? Evidence from a Structural Reform (with Murillo Campello and Albert Wang), Review of Corporate Finance Studies, 2014, 3 (1-2): 1-38. [Editor's choice] [working paper]
Winner of the RCFS Best Paper Award, SFS, 2015.
Featured on the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
Do Changes in the Labour Market Take Families Out of Poverty? Determinants of Exiting Poverty in Brazilian Metropolitan Regions (with Ana Flávia Machado), Journal of Development Studies, 2010, 46 (9): 1503-1522. [working paper]
Best Academic Article on Labor Market, Prêmio Valores do Brasil, Banco do Brasil, 2008.
Evaluating the Impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família: Cash Transfer Programmes in Comparative Perspective (with Fábio Veras Soares and Rafael Osório), Latin American Research Review, 2010, 45 (2): 173-190. [discussion paper]
The Impact Evaluation of a Rural CCT Programme on Outcomes Beyond Health and Education (with Fábio Veras Soares and Guilherme Hirata), Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2010, 2 (1): 138-157.
Paraguay's Tekoporã programme for cash transfers: debating targeting methods for beneficiaries (with Guilherme Hirata and Fábio Veras Soares), Cepal Review, 2010, 100: 205-216. [discussion paper]
Refereed Publications in Portuguese
Book Chapters
How Much do Non-cash Components and Externalities Affect the Impact of Cash Transfers? (with Clarissa Teixeira, Elydia Silva, Fábio Veras Soares, and Guilherme Hirata), in IPC-IG collection of One Pagers, vol. 2, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasília, p. 111, 2014.
Where Are the Jobs that Take People Out of Poverty in Brazil? (with Ana Flávia Machado), in IPC-IG collection of One Pagers, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasília, p. 61, 2009.
First Results of a Preliminary Evaluation of the Bolsa Família Program (with Ana Maria H. de Oliveira, Mônica V. Andrade, Anne Resende, Clarissa Rodrigues, and Laetícia de Souza), in Jeni Vaitsman and Rômulo Paes-Sousa (eds.), Evaluation of MDS Policies and Programs – Results, v. 2, MDS/SAGI, Brasília, pp. 19-64, 2007.
Other Publications
Examining persistent labour force transitions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Background Paper, n. 18, in Joint EU-ILO Project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work," International Labour Organization, Dec. 2023.
Using pseudo-panels to analyse labour market transitions, Background Paper, n. 7, in Joint EU-ILO Project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work," International Labour Organization, Feb. 2022.
The Programa Subsidio de Alimentos in Mozambique: Baseline Evaluation (with Fábio Veras Soares and Guilherme Hirata), Policy Research Brief, n. 14, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasília, 2010.
How Much Do Non-Cash Components and Externalities Affect the Impact of Cash Transfers? (with Fábio Veras Soares, Clarissa Teixeira, Elydia Silva, and Guilherme Hirata), One Pager, n. 101, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, Brasília, June 6th, 2010.
Targeting and Coverage of the Bolsa Família Programme: Why Knowing What You Measure Is Important in Choosing the Numbers (with Sergei Soares and Fábio Veras Soares), Technical Report, 2010. [english] [portuguese]
Employment and Poverty Dynamics in Brazil (with Ana Flávia Machado), Poverty in Focus, n. 16, pp. 10-11, International Poverty Centre, Brasília, December, 2008.
The Impact of CCTs: What We Know and What We Are Not Sure About (with Fábio Veras Soares and Guilherme Hirata), Poverty in Focus, n. 15, pp. 12-13, International Poverty Centre, Brasília, August, 2008.
Needs Assessments: Why they are Important for CCT Programmes (with Karla P. Corrêa), Poverty in Focus, n. 15, pp. 26-27, International Poverty Centre, Brasília, August, 2008.
Where Are the Jobs that Take People Out of Poverty in Brazil? (with Ana Flávia Machado), One Pager, n. 61, International Poverty Centre, Brasília, July 27th, 2008.