Published Research

Recently Published (3 Years) and Forthcoming:

Labor Unions and the Electoral Consequences of Trade Liberalization (with Pedro Ogeda and Emanuel Ornelas). Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
Down the River: Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding Populations (with Mateus Dias and Rudi Rocha). Review of Economic Studies, 90(6), November 2023, 2943-2981.
Unbundling the Relationship between Economic Shocks and Crime (with Eduardo Ferraz and Juan Vargas). In: Buonanno, Paolo, Paolo Vanin, and Juan Vargas (eds). A Modern Guide to the Economics of Crime, Elgar Modern Guides, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, 184-204.
American Delusion: Life Expectancy and Welfare in the US from an International Perspective (with Rudi Rocha and Michel Szklo). Journal of Human Capital, 16(1), Spring 2022, 73-132.
Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality (with Daniel Haanwinckel). Review of Economic Studies, 88(6), November 2021, 2970–3010.

Down the River: Glyphosate Use in Agriculture and Birth Outcomes of Surrounding Populations (with Mateus Dias and Rudi Rocha). Review of Economic Studies, 90(6), November 2023, 2943-2981.
Workforce Composition, Productivity, and Labor Regulations in a Compensating Differentials Theory of Informality (with Daniel Haanwinckel). Review of Economic Studies, 88(6), November 2021, 2970–3010.
Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization (with Rafael Dix-Carneiro and Gabriel Ulyssea). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(4), October 2018, 158-195.
Human Capital Persistence and Development (with Rudi Rocha and Claudio Ferraz). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 105-136.
The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon (with Ariaster B. Chimeli). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 30-57.
The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor (with Bruno Falcão). Journal of Political Economy, 116(6), December 2008, 1058-1104.
Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice. American Economic Review, 95(3), June 2005, 580-601.
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality (with Gary S. Becker and Tomas J. Philipson). American Economic Review, 95(1), March2005, 277-291.