Working papers:

• Climate Adaptation Policies and Infant Health: Evidence from a Water Policy in Brazil

(with D. Da Mata, L. Emanuel, and V. Pereira). [R&R, Journal of Public Economics]. [IZA Discussion Paper]

• Daylight Saving Lives: The effect of Daylight Saving Time on homicides

(with W. Toro and R. Tigre). [2nd R&R, Journal of Law & Economics] [SSRN working paper]

• Do Relative Disadvantages in College Hinder Female Leadership?

(with R. Ribas and G. Trevisan). [R&R, Management Science]. [SSRN working paper]

• Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence

(with S. Bhalotra, D. G. C. Britto and P. Pinotti). [R&R, Review of Economic Studies] [IZA Discussion Paper]

• Economic Production and the Spread of Supernatural Beliefs

(with Daniel Araujo and Bladimir Carrillo). [IZA Discussion Paper]

• The Kids Aren't Alright: Job Loss and Children's Education in Brazil

(with Diogo G. C. Britto and Caique Melo) [draft]

Work in progress:

• The Costs of Access to Justice: Evidence from the Universe of Labor Court Cases in Brazil

(with Diogo G. C. Britto, Francois Gerard, Joana Naritomi, and Robson Tigre)

• Intergenerational Mobility in the Land of Inequality

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

• Minimum Wages and the Human Capital of the Next Generation

(with Daniel Araujo, Bladimir Carrillo, and Wilman Iglesias)

• Climate Adaptation Water Policies: Long-term Impacts on Individuals and Families

(with Diogo G. C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Bladimir Carrillo, Daniel Da Mata, and Lucas Emanuel)

• Job loss, Health Outcomes and Risk Behavior

(with Guilherme Amorim, Diogo G. C. Britto, and Alexandre Fonseca)

• Family Matters: Politics, Public Procurement, and Jobs in Brazil

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

• Criminal Politicians

(with Diogo G. C. Britto, Gianmarco Daniele, Marco Le Moglie, and Paolo Pinotti)

• Informality and the Costs of Children in Developing Countries

(with Diogo G. C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, Fernando Mattar, Dimitri Szerman, and Gabriel Ulyssea)
Winner of the STEG/CEPR Small Research Grant.

• Does Decentralization Increase Tax Revenues? Evidence from Land Taxation in Brazil

(with Arthur Bragança, Diogo G. C. Britto, Alexandre Fonseca, André Sant'Anna, and Dimitri Szerman)

Publications:

• Britto, D. G. C., P. Pinotti and B. Sampaio. "The Effect of Job Loss and Unemployment Insurance on Crime in Brazil." Forthcoming, Econometrica. [draft].

Winner of the 2019 Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation Grant.

• Amorim, G., R. Costa Lima, and B. Sampaio. "Broadband Internet and Protests: Investigating the Occupy Movement." Conditionally Accepted, Information Economics and Policy. [draft]

• Araújo, D, B. Carrillo and B. Sampaio. (2021). "Long-Run Effects of Iodine Supplementation on Education and Labor Market Outcomes in Tanzania." Journal of Health Economics, 79: 1-18. (lead article). [IZA Discussion Paper][Link]

• B. Carrillo, D. da Mata, L. Emanuel, D. Lopes and B. Sampaio. (2020). "Avoidable environmental disasters and infant health: Evidence from the Mariana mining collapse in Brazil." Health Economics, 29 (12): 1786-1794. [Link]

• R. Ribas, G. Trevisan and B. Sampaio. (2020). "Short- and Long-term Effects of Class Assignment: Evidence from a Flagship University in Brazil." Labour Economics, 64(101835). [Link].

• Dantas, R. N. D., G. Duarte, R. M. Silveira Neto, B. Sampaio. (2018). "Height restrictions and housing prices: A difference-in-discontinuity approach." Economics Letters, 164, 58-61. [Link]

• Tigre, R., B. Sampaio, and T. Menezes. (2017). "The Impact of Commuting Time on Youth´s School Performance." Journal of Regional Science, 57 (1): 28-47. [PDF][Link]

• Rocco, L., and B. Sampaio. (2016). "Are Handheld Cell-Phone and Texting Bans Really Effective in Reducing Fatalities?" Empirical Economics, 51 (2): 853-876. [PDF][Link]

• Matta, R., R. Ribas, B. Sampaio, and G. Sampaio. (2016). "The effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings: A regression-discontinuity approach." IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 5 (9): 1-25. [PDF][SSRN working paper][Link]

• Toro, W., R. Tigre, and B. Sampaio. (2015). "Daylight Saving Time and Incidence of Myocardial Infarction: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design." Economics Letters, 136, 1-4. (lead article).[PDF][Link]

• Sampaio, B., G. R. Sampaio, and Y. Sampaio. (2013). "On Estimating the Effects of Immigrant Legalization: Do U.S. Agricultural Workers Really Benefit?" American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 95 (4): 932-948.[Link]

Other papers:

• Ellison, R. B., A. B. Ellison, S. P. Greaves, and B. Sampaio. (2017). “Electronic ticketing systems as a mechanism for travel behaviour change? Evidence from Sydney’s Opal Card.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 99 (5): 80-93. [Link]

• Oliveira, R., K. H. Moura, J. Viana, R. Tigre and B. Sampaio. (2015). “Commute duration and health: Empirical evidence from Brazil.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 80, 62-75. [Link]

• Sampaio, B. (2014). “Identifying Peer States for Transportation Policy Analysis with an Application to New York’s Handheld Cell Phone Ban.” Transportmetrica A: Transport Science, 10 (1): 1-14. (lead article). [Link]

• Sampaio, B. (2010). “On the Identification of the Effect of Prohibiting Hand-Held Cell Phone Use while Driving: Comment.” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44 (9): 766-770. [Link]