Working papers:


Intergenerational Mobility in the Land of Inequality  [draft}   

(with  Diogo G. C. Britto , Paolo PinottiBreno Sampaio and Lucas Warwar)

The Review of Economics and Statistics  Revised and Resubmitted    

Op-Ed: VoxEU Column

Media Coverage: Folha de S. Paulo, Valor Econômico, TV Cultura, Record News, TV AssembleiaBrazilian Report.

Podcasts: Direito e Economia (Portuguese), Explaining Brazil (English)    


Job Loss, Unemployment Insurance and Health: Evidence from Brazil [IZA WP

(with Guilherme Amorim, Diogo G. C. Britto and Breno Sampaio )

The Review of Economics and Statistics  Revision Requested


Decentralization, Tax Administration and Taxation: Evidence from Brazil´s Rural Land Tax [draft ] 

(with Arthur Bragança , Diogo G. C. Britto , D. Moura, Breno Sampaio ,André Sant'Anna , and Dimitri Szerman)



Selected Work in Progress: 


Family Connections, Nepotism and Political Bargaining

(with Yuri Barreto, Diogo G. C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Manoel Gehrke and Paolo Pinotti)


Parenthood and Productivity: Evidence from Administrative data in Brazil 

(with  Diogo G. C. Britto, Bruno Ferman, Alexandre Fonseca, Caio de Holanda and Lucas Warwar)


Children's Health Shocks, Parental Employment, and the Lack of Social Insurance

(with Guilherme Amorim, Diogo G. C. Britto and Breno Sampaio )


Conditional Cash Transfers and Intergenerational Mobility 

(with Diogo G. C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Paolo Pinotti, and Lucas Warwar)


Dry Lives: Climate Adaptation and Mortality in the Semi-arid Regions of Brazil

 (with Diogo G. C. Britto , Clément Imbert , Breno Sampaio and Gabriel Ulyssea )


Mental Health Centers and Educational Outcomes of Children

 (with Diogo G. C. Britto , Bilge Erten , Pinar Keskin, Rodrigo Pinto   and Breno Sampaio )


Selected Policy Papers:


Lacuna Tributária e Arrecadação: O Impacto da Receita Federal do Brasil

(with  Leonardo Moreira and Marcelo Silva)

Revista de Estudos Tributário e Aduaneiros da Receita Federal do Brasil   Forthcoming