Current Research

Health Economics

• Skin Color Gap and Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence in Northeast Brazil: Evidence from the PCSVDFMulher survey.  (with PI. José Raimundo Carvalho and Sara Parente) [PDF] 

• The PCSVDFMulher Study:  New Data, Prevalence and Correlates of Domestic Violence in Brazil.  (R&R, with PI. José Raimundo Carvalho and Abel Brasil) [PDF]

• Parental Socioeconomic Status, Socioeconomic Circumstances and Body Height in Brazil: Evidence from Cohorts Born between 1940 and 1975. [PDF]

Policy Evaluation

• Incentives for Mayors to Improve Learning: Evidence from State Reforms in Ceará, Brazil. (with Ildo José Lautharte Júnior and André Ferreira Loureiro) [World Bank - PRWP 9509]

• The Effects of Normal Birth Centers on Epidemic C-sections and Child Health at Birth. (with Thaís Nogueira Facó and Antônio Rodrigues F. Júnior, and Climent Quintana-Domeque)