Hi! I am a researcher at NOVA School of Business and Economics. I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics at UC Berkeley in May 2025. I also hold a B.Sc in Economics from the University of São Paulo and a M.Sc in Economics from PUC-Rio.
You can contact me at robertohsurocha@berkeley.edu or roberto.hsu.rocha@novasbe.pt
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Working Papers
The Effects of Revealing Borrowers’ Information on Credit Allocation, Defaults and Entrepreneurship, with J. Feinmann, M. Mercucci, J.Leite
Payments Under the Table: Employer-Employee Collusion in Brazil, with J. Feinmann and M. Lauletta
Small Children, Big Problems: Childbirth and Crime, with D. Britto, P. Pinotti and B. Sampaio
Racial Gaps in the Labor Market: The Role of Nonwhite Entrepreneurship, with M. Dias
Social Mobility and Higher Education in Brazil, [new version coming soon!] with J. Feinmann - check our open data project in Javier's website!
Formalizing Microentrepreneurs through Targeted Tax Systems: Evidence from Brazil, with A. de Farias R&R Journal of Public Economics previously circulated as Formality Costs, Registration and Development of Microentrepreneurs - previous version here
Labor Supply Responses to Death of Family Members in the Presence of Survivors' Pensions [new version available upon request!]
Advanced Work in Progress
Equalizing the Great Equalizer: The Long-Run Consequences of School Funding Reforms, with C. Montialoux, S. Otero [Slides available under request]
Pre-Doctoral Publications
The relationship between Higher Education and Labor Market and Earnings in Brazilian Municipalities, with N. Menezes-Filho, B. Komatsu, and A. Oliveira - Revista Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico PPE-IPEA, 2017. Winner of 2018 Roberto Campos Prize for Excellence in Research awarded to the best paper published in IPEA Journal’s in the previous year
Evaluating the Impact of Educational Policies in Sobral, with N. Menezes-Filho and B. Komatsu - Revista Economia Aplicada (2018)
Policy
Gender and Property Taxes in São Paulo, with T. Scot, D. Moura, T. Flores and J. Feinmann