Vinicius Pecanha

Welcome!

I'm a researcher at the Laboratory for Violence Reduction (LEME). I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia (UBC).

My research lies in between Development Economics and Economics of Crime with an agenda on the impacts of place-based policies on crime.  First, I document that a policy designed to reduce the presence of drug traffickers in some neighborhoods have a positive impact on short-run education outcomes. My recent work focus on the medium-run impacts of this place-based policy on labor market and crime outcomes such as juvenile deliquency.  I'm also interested in how violence affects both the supply and demand for Health. 

You can contact me at: vinicius.pecanha@lemelab.org