Research

Working Papers: 

Effects of distances on infant mortality in Brazil.  (with Cecilia Machado,  Soraya Roman and Felipe Lima). New version coming soon.

Politics at Work. (with Emanuele Colonnelli and Edoardo Teso). Revise and Resubmit at the American Economic Review 

Covered by Kellogg Insight, Chicago Insight, Chicago Booth Review  and VoxDev

Firm and Worker Responses to Extensions in Paid Maternity Leave (with Cecilia Machado and Christiane Szerman). Accepted at the Journal of Human Resources 

Too Late for a Change? Youth Unresponsiveness to Cash Transfers.  (with Cecilia Machado and Christiane Szerman). New version coming soon.

Conditional Cash Transfers and Voting Behavior. New version coming soon.

Publications

More Human than Human: Measuring ChatGPT Political Bias. Public Choice, 2023. (with Fabio Motoki and Victor Rodrigues.)

Covered by almost 170 pieces of news coverage within the first five days after publication – including the Washington Post, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sky News, Forbes, Yahoo News Radio 5 Live, and many more national and international outlets. See the attached list. 

Parenthood and the Gender Gaps in the Brazilian Labor Market. Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2023. (with Janaina Feijo and Luisa Cardoso.)

Bonus for firearms seizures and police performance. Economics Letters, 2022. (with Fernando Barros Jr, Bruno Delalibera and Victor Rodrigues.)

Desempenho dos estudantes ao final do ensino médio: Mensurando a influência direta e indireta da educação dos pais. Revista Brasileira de Economia (RBE), 2022. (with Janaina Feijo and João Mário)

Predictability of Aggregate Consumption in Brazil: habits, Non-Separability between Consumption and Leisure, or Credit Constraint? Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2018. (with Fernando Barros Júnior and Bruno Delalibera)

Novas perspectivas decorrentes da decomposição da desigualdade de renda brasileira: descobrindo uma maior relevância para a formalização. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico, 2018. (with Janaína Feijó and João Mário)

Transferências condicionais de renda e nutrição: efeitos do bolsa família nas áreas rurais e urbanas do Brasil. Economia Aplicada, 2017. (with Cecilia Machado)

Custo das flutuações econômicas após o Plano Real. Economia Aplicada, 2017. (with Fernando Barros Júnior)

Capital humano e desigualdade salarial no Brasil: uma análise de decomposição para o período 1995-2014. Estudos Economicos, 2016. (with Vitor Hugo and João Mário)