Trade and Domestic Distortions: The Case of Informality (w/Dix-Carneiro, R.; Goldberg, P.; and Meghir, C.)
Econometrica, conditionally accepted pending replication package approval.
This is a significantly revised version of "Trade and Informality in the Presence of Labor Market Frictions and Regulations"
VoxDev Column, National Science Foundation Award #1629124
Rural Migrants and Urban Informality: Evidence from Brazil (with Imbert, C.) [CEPR]
Econometrica, conditionally accepted pending replication package approval.
Small Firms and the Pandemic: Evidence from Latin America (with Guerrero, M.E.; Humphries, J.E.; Neilson, C.; Shimberg, N.)
Journal of Development Economics, vol. 155, March, 2022.
Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade: Evidence from Brazil (with Ponczek, V.)
Economic Journal, Volume 132, Issue 641, 2022.
Information Frictions and Access to the Paycheck Protection Program (with Humphries, J.E. and Neilson, C.)
Journal of Public Economics, vol. 190, October, 2020.
Informality: Causes and Consequences for Development
Annual Review of Economics, vol. 12, 2020.
Firms, Informality and Development: Theory and Evidence from Brazil
American Economic Review, vol. 108, No. 8, August, 2018 (Lead Article).
Do Lower Taxes Reduce Informality? Evidence from Brazil (with Rocha, R. and Rachter, L.).
Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 134, pp. 28-49, September, 2018.
Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence From The Brazilian Trade Liberalization (w/ Dix-Carneiro, R. and Soares, R.)
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 10 No. 4 (2018)
AEA Chart of the Week, VoxDev Column, Trade Talks
Regulation of entry, labor market institutions and the informal sector
Journal of Development Economics, vol. 91(1), 2010.
Who Benefits from Social Housing? Experimental Evidence from a Large-Scale Program in Brazil (w/Belchior, C. and Gonzaga, G.)
[VoxEU Talks] New draft coming soon!
This is a significantly revised version of "Unpacking Neighborhood Effects: Experimental evidence from a large scale housing program in Brazil" (2023) [IZA]
Dry Lives: Climate Adaptation and Mortality in the Semi-arid Regions of Brazil (with Britto, D; Imbert, C; Sampaio, B.; and Fonseca, A.)
Slums (with Britto, D; Conwell, L.; Sampaio, B.; and Fonseca, A.)