I am an Associate Professor in the Deparment of Economics at Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV.
My research focuses on topics in labor economics, health economics and applied microeconomics.
I can be contacted at blacaber8@hotmail.com
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Curriculum Vitae (here)
Working Papers and Work in Progress
Discipline Before Punishment? Ethics Proceedings and Career Outcomes
Work in progress
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Luiz Fontes
Does Early Buzz Last a Lifetime? Long-Run Effects of Early Alcohol Access
Work in progress
Co-authors: Joan Costa-Font, Martin Ljunge
Motherhood Penalty in Labor Output: Evidence from Physicians
Work in progress
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Luiz Fontes, Laisa Rachter
Cisterns, Climate Adaptation, and Economic Development
This version: July 2026
Co-authors: Yuri Barreto, Diogo Britto, Daniel da Mata, Lucas Emanuel, Breno Sampaio
Allocating Talent in Organizations: Evidence from Quasi-Random Exits of Physicians
This version: April 2026
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Luiz Fontes, Leticia Nunes
Economic Production and the Persistence of Supernatural Beliefs
This version: March 2026
Co-authors: Daniel Araujo, Breno Sampaio
Journal of Development Economics, Revise and Resubmit
Racial Identity and Discretion in Healthcare: Evidence from Childbirth
This version: February 2026
Co-authors: Sebastian Bauhoff, Danyelle Branco, Suzanne Duryea, Luiz Fontes, Leticia Nunes, Rafael Parfitt, Laisa Rachter
Review of Economics and Statistics, Revise and Resubmit
Organizations and the Production Side of Gender Inequality: Evidence from Surgeons
This version: Ocotber 2025
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Gustavo Cordeiro, Laisa Rachter
Journal of Political Economy, Reject and Resubmit
Minimum Wages and the Human Capital of the Next Generation
This version: December 2024
Co-authors: Daniel Araujo, Wilman Iglesias, Breno Sampaio
Journal of Development Economics, Revise and Resubmit
Low Birth Weight and Infant Mortality: Lessons from Brazil
This version: March 2017
Co-authors: Jose Feres
Publications
Expertise Overlap and Team Productivity: Evidence from the Hospital Industry
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Di Fang, Wilman Iglesias
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Forthcoming
Routine-Biased Technological Change and Endogenous Skill Investments
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Wilman Iglesias
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025
Economic Shocks and Infant Health: Evidence from a Trade Reform in Brazil
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, Carlos Charris
Journal of Development of Economics, 2024
Moved to Poverty? A Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa
Co-authors: Carlos Charris, Wilman Iglesias
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023
The Long-Run Economic Consequences of Iodine Supplementation
Co-authors: Daniel Araujo, Breno Sampaio
Journal of Health Economics, 2021
Journal of Labor Economics, 2020
Provider Supply, Utilization, and Infant Health: Evidence from a Physician Distribution Policy
Online_Appendix, Replication Files, HEDG Working Paper
Co-authors: Jose Feres
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2019
Early Rainfall Shocks and Later-Life Outcomes: Evidence from Colombia
The World Bank Economic Review, 2019
The Externalities of a Deforestation Control Policy in Infant Health: Evidence from Brazil
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco, João Lima, Juan Trujillo
Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2019
Other Writings
Avoidable Environmental Disasters and Infant Health: Evidence from a Mining Dam Collapse in Brazil
Co-authors: Daniel Da Mata, Lucas Emanuel, Daniel Lopes, Breno Sampaio
Health Economics, 2021
Attainments and Limitations of an Early Childhood Programme in Colombia
Co-authors: Juan Trujillo, Wilman Iglesias
Health Policy and Planning, 2014
Relationship between Professional Antenatal Care and Facility Delivery: an Assessment of Colombia
Co-authors: Juan Trujillo, Wilman Iglesias
Health Policy and Planning, 2014
Policy Briefs
Reincidencia Criminal no Brasil
Departamento Penitenciario Nacional, 2022
Mayor Oferta de Medicos Necesariamente Mejora Salud Publica? El Caso del Programa Mas Medicos de Brasi (In Spanish)
Foco Economico, 2021
Chapter Books
O Metodo Diferenças-em-Diferenças. In A Avaliação de Impacto das políticas de Saude: Uma Guia para o SUS
Co-authors: Danyelle Branco
Ministerio de Saude, Forthcoming
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