Pesquisa (Research)
Do Extended School Time Programs Help Students Get into College?" (with D. Araújo, C. Melo, L. Sampaio, & M. Mendonça) - Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2021.
Abstract: In this paper, we use an event-study approach to assess the effect of an extended school time program on college admission test scores. We find large positive effects on Humanities, Language, Math, Sciences, and Writing scores. Furthermore, results suggest that these effects are driven by the increased instruction time component of the program.
"Estimating Firm-level Productivity under Distortions: A Cautionary Tale" (with P.H. Vaz) - Presented at the 42nd Meeting of the Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria (SBE)
Abstract: Distortions tied to firms’ characteristics are usually associated with some degree of misallocation of resources and loss of aggregate productivity. Although the estimation and identification of production functions have received many contributions recently, there is not a discussion on the performance of those methods under the presence of severe endogenous distortions. We show that under these circumstances a necessary assumption of recent production function estimators is violated and estimation became problematic. Empirically, we show that this identification problem creates systematically biased estimates of firm-level productivity and TFP dispersion. Ignoring these effects may drive misleading policy conclusions.
Trabalho em Progresso (Work in Progress)
The Economics of Labor Coercion:
"The Coercion Cycle: The Long Term Impact of Slavery on Modern Slavery";
"Forced Migration, Debt Bondage and Modern Slavery on the Brazilian Amazon";
"The Unintended Consequences of Regional Development Policies on Modern Slavery";
"The (Late) Fight against Modern Slavery in Brazil" ;
"Mitigating Modern Slavery in Brazil: The Impact of Preventive Policies";
"Trade and Modern Slavery: Evidence from Local Exports and Labor Inspections in Brazil", com Mayara Felix