Publications
health Economics
A Model of Errors in BMI based on Self-reported and Measured Anthropometrics: Evidence from Brazilian Data. Empirical Economics, 2024. (Accepted for publication, with Apostolos Davillas and Andrew Jones ) [IZA DP series]
On the Road to Equity: Examining Income-related Inequalities in Ownership of Safer Vehicles. Oxford Open Economics, 2024. doi: 10.1093/ooec/odae002 (with Vincenzo Carrieri and Apostolos Davillas) [IZA DP series]
Measuring Skin Color Inequality in Women’s Health in Northeast Brazil: Evidence from the PCSVDFMulher Survey. Health Economics, 2023. doi: 10.1002/hec.4764 (with José Raimundo Carvalho)
Is InconsistentReporting of Self-assessed Health Persistent and Systematic? Evidence from the UKHLS. Economics and Human Biology, 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2022.101219 (with Apostolos Davillas and Andrew Jones )
The Effect of Increasing Women's Autonomy on Primary and Repeated Cesarean Section in Brazil. Health Economics, 2022. doi: 10.1002/hec.4522 (with Ines Lee and Climent Quintana-Domeque)
Natural Disasters and Early Human Development: Hurricane Catarina and Infant Health in Brazil. Journal of Human Resources, 2021. doi: 10.3368/jhr.59.1.0816-8144R1 (with Ines Lee and Climent Quintana-Domeque) [HCEO WP 2021-05]
[Press Release: Infant mortality rate higher among pregnant women exposed to natural disasters. University of Exeter, UK.]
[Online Press: Infant mortality rate higher among pregnant women exposed to natural disasters, study shows. By Clea Skopeliti, The Independent, UK]
Zika Virus Incidence, Preventive and Reproductive Behaviors: Correlates from New Survey Data. Economics and Human Biology, April 2018. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2018.04.003 . (with Climent Quintana-Domeque and José R. Carvalho) [Link]
Early-Life Environment and Adult Stature in Brazil: An Analysis for Cohorts born between 1950 and 1980. Economics and Human Biology, v.15, p.67-80, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2014.07.001. (with Climent Quintana-Domeque) [Link]
Economic Fluctuations during Pregnancy and Smoking Onset among Adolescents in Brazil: Evidence from the 2012 National Survey of School Health. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, v.48, n.2, p.97-131, 2018. (with José R. Carvalho and José Maria C. Júnior) [PDF]
ECONOMICS OF NATURAL DISASTERS
The Influence of Local Development on the Impact of Natural Disasters in Northeast Brazil: The Case of Droughts and Floods in the State of Ceará. Papers in Regional Science, 2020. doi: 10.1111/pirs.12519 (with Mario Viana and João Mário S. de França) [Link]
Natural Disasters and Economic Growth in Northeast Brazil: Evidence from Municipal Economies of the Ceará State. Environment and Development Economics, 2019. doi: 10.1017/S1355770X18000517. [Link]
Impactos do Regime de Chuvas sobre a Saúde Infantil nos Municípios Cearenses em Anos Censitários Recentes (1991-2010). Nova Economia, v.29, n.1, 2019. doi: 10.1590/0103-6351/3368. (with Cleyber N. de Medeiros) [PDF]
OTHER TOPICS
Violence and Local Development in Fortaleza, Brazil: A Spatial Regression Analysis. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s12061-017-9236-4. (with Cleyber N. de Medeiros and José R. Carvalho) [Link]
Uma Perspectiva Microeconométrica do Salário Reserva e do Desemprego na Década de 1990 no Brasil. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, v.38, n.2, p.227-252, 2008. (with José R. Carvalho, CAEN/UFC) [PDF]