Research Papers:
Gold Rush, Illegal Mining, Mercury Pollution, and Infant Health in the Amazon Rainforest - Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
Heatwaves and Delivery Practices: The Effects of Extreme Temperature in Brazilian Maternity Wards - Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Development Economics
(Joint with Nicolas Moura)
Violence Reduction and Population Mental Health: Evidence from Brazilian Police Workforce Reform - Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
(Joint with Bruno Pantaleão)
Community-Based Intervention and Infant Mortality Among Adolescent Mothers: Evidence from Brazil - Submitted
Does Trade Liberalization Affect Child Labor? Evidence from Brazil - Submitted
(Joint with Rafael Bressan and Regis Ely)
The Hidden Costs of Overcrowding Maternity Wards: Health and Education Consequences for Children - Preparing for Submission
(Joint with Bruno Ferman and Rudi Rocha)
Racial Concordance and Childbirth: A Deep Dive into Medical Delivery Practices - Preparing for Submission
(Joint with Bladimir Carrillo, Danyelle Branco, Letícia Nunes, Luiz Felipe Fontes, Laisa Ratcher, Sebastian Bauhoff, and Suzanne Duryea)
Working Progress:
Drug Markets, Public Disorder, and Urban Mobility: Evidence from São Paulo
Hospital Closure and Physicians Supply (Joint with Bladimir Carrillo and Luiz Felipe Fontes)
Impacts of Climate Disasters on the Supply of Medications for Patients at Risk and Their Consequences (Joint with Bladimir Carrillo and Danyelle Branco)
Publications:
Police Autonomy, Data-driven Strategy, and Violence: Evidence from Brazil’s Policing Reform - Journal of Development Economics - 2025
(Joint with Bruno Pantaleão and Alberto Kopittke)
The Cross-Border Spillover Effects of Cannabis Regulation in South America - Journal of Quantitative Criminology - 2025
(Joint with Bruno de Assis, Giovanni di Pietra, and Bruno Pantaleão)
Rural credit and time allocation of agricultural households: the case of PRONAF in Brazil - Review of Development Economics - 2019
(Joint with Regis Ely, Andre Carraro, and Felipe Garcia)
Impact of Brazilian Family Health Strategy on Reproductive Health: Analysis at Individual and Population Levels - International Journal of Epidemiology - 2021
(Joint with Franciele Hellwig and Gabriel Weber).
(Abstract presented at the 17th International Health Economics Association (August 2021.)
Other Brazilian Peer-Review Publications:
O efeito do tabagismo sobre a produtividade no trabalho dos brasileiros. Revista Brasileira de Economia de Empresas - 2021.
(Joint with Daniel Uhr, Regis Ely, and Julia Uhr)
Community-based health intervention and suicide prevention: Evidence from Brazil. Revista do Serviço Público (Brasília) - 2023.
(Joint with Daniel Caluz)