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Working Papers

2020

1. Ageing Poorly?: Accounting for the Decline in Earnings Inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (1)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (1)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (1)
2. Inclusive growth without structural transformation?: The case of Brazil
   WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)
3. Loss Aversion and the Welfare Ranking of Policy Interventions
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
   Also in Papers, arXiv.org (2020)

2019

4. Decline in Wage Inequality in Brazil: A Survey
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2018

5. An analysis of the distributive effects of public policies and their spillovers
   Working Papers, Department of Economics, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

2017

6. Estimation and Inference for Actual and Counterfactual Growth Incidence Curves
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017) View citations (2)

2015

7. Demographic Changes and Poverty in Brazil
   Discussion Papers, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA View citations (3)

2014

8. A more level playing field? Explaining the decline in earnings inequality in Brazil, 1995-2012
   Global Development Institute Working Paper Series, GDI, The University of Manchester View citations (4)
9. Gender stereotypes in politics: what changes when a woman becomes the local political leader?
   Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
10. Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (6)
11. Private Education Market, Information on Test Scores and Tuition Practices
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
12. The Relationship between Federal Budget Amendments and Local Electoral Power
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2015)

2013

13. A relação entre proficiência e dispersão de idade na sala de aula: a influência do nível de qualificação do professor
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (1)
    Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2013)
    See also Journal Article in Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico - PPE (2013)
14. Combinando estratégias para estimação de efeitos de tratamento
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
15. Evidence of eligibility manipulation for conditional cash transfer programs
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economia (2014)
16. O regime de ciclos de aprendizagem e a heterogeneidade de seus efeitos sobre a proficiência dos alunos
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)
17. Semiparametric Estimation and Inference Using Doubly Robust Moment Conditions
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
    Also in Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) (2013) View citations (13)
18. Structural change, productivity growth and trade policy in Brazil
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil)

2012

19. Electoral Impacts of Uncovering Public School Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Economia (2017)
20. Occupational tasks and changes in the wage structure
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (4)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2011) View citations (135)
21. Test score disclosure and school performance
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (3)

2010

22. Bounds on functionals of the distribution treatment effects
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (8)
23. Decomposition Methods in Economics
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (55)
    See also Chapter (2011)
24. Electoral rules, political competition and fiscal spending: regression discontinuity evidence from brazilian municipalities
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (4)
    Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2008) View citations (9)
25. Escolaridade e o diferencial de rendimentos entre o setor privado e o setor público no Brasil
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (1)
    Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2008) View citations (2)
26. Identification and Estimation of Distributional Impacts of Interventions Using Changes in Inequality Measures
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Applied Econometrics (2016)
27. Identification and estimation of interventions using changes in inequality measures
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (1)
28. The relationship between school violence and student proficiency
    Textos para discussão, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil) View citations (1)

2009

29. Electoral Rules, Political Competition and Fiscal Expenditures: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Studies (2019)

2007

30. Unconditional Quantile Regressions
    NBER Technical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (28)
    Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2006) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2009)

2006

31. Os efeitos da licença maternidade sobre o salário e o emprego da mulher no Brasil
    Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil)

2004

32. Efficient Semiparametric Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects
    Econometric Society 2004 North American Summer Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (53)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2007)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Balancing tests in stratified randomized controlled trials: A cautionary note
   Economics Letters, 2020, 186, (C)

2019

2. Actual and counterfactual growth incidence and delta Lorenz curves: Estimation and inference
   Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34, (3), 385-402
3. Electoral Rules, Political Competition and Fiscal Expenditures: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Brazilian Municipalities
   Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (1), 19-38 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper (2009)
4. PROPERTIES OF DOUBLY ROBUST ESTIMATORS WHEN NUISANCE FUNCTIONS ARE ESTIMATED NONPARAMETRICALLY
   Econometric Theory, 2019, 35, (5), 1048-1087 View citations (1)
5. Partial identification of the treatment effect distribution and its functionals
   Journal of Econometrics, 2019, 213, (1), 210-234

2018

6. Decomposing Wage Distributions Using Recentered Influence Function Regressions
   Econometrics, 2018, 6, (2), 1-40 View citations (26)
7. Information, Market Incentives, and Student Performance: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Brazil
   Journal of Human Resources, 2018, 53, (2), 414-444 View citations (1)
8. Synthetic Control Method: Inference, Sensitivity Analysis and Confidence Sets
   Journal of Causal Inference, 2018, 6, (2), 26 View citations (21)

2017

9. Electoral impacts of uncovering public school quality: Evidence from Brazilian municipalities
   Economia, 2017, 17, (1), 1_17
   See also Working Paper (2012)
10. Identifying and measuring economic discrimination
    IZA World of Labor, 2017, 347 View citations (1)
11. Measurement errors in quantile regression models
    Journal of Econometrics, 2017, 198, (1), 146-164 View citations (4)

2016

12. Identification and Estimation of Distributional Impacts of Interventions Using Changes in Inequality Measures
    Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2016, 31, (3), 457-486 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2010)
13. Using occupational structure to measure employability with an application to the Brazilian labor market
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (1), 1-19
    Also in The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (1), 1-19 (2016)
    The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (1), 1-19 (2016) View citations (1)

2015

14. Measuring peer effects in the Brazilian school system
    Applied Economics, 2015, 47, (32), 3414-3438
15. The relationship between federal budget amendments and local electoral power
    Journal of Development Economics, 2015, 116, (C), 186-198 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper (2014)

2014

16. A propensity score approach in the impact evaluation on scientific production in Brazilian biodiversity research: the BIOTA Program
    Scientometrics, 2014, 101, (1), 85-107 View citations (2)
17. Evidence of eligibility manipulation for conditional cash transfer programs
    Economia, 2014, 15, (3), 243_260 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2013

18. A relação entre proficiência e dispersão de idade na sala de aula: a influência do nível de qualificação do professor
    Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico - PPE, 2013, 43, (3), 419-446
    See also Working Paper (2013)

2012

19. Combining Strategies for the Estimation of Treatment Effects
    Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2012, 32, (1)

2010

20. The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the Well-Being of Families in Brazil
    Estudios Económicos, 2010, 25, (1), 63-104

2009

21. Unconditional Quantile Regressions
    Econometrica, 2009, 77, (3), 953-973 View citations (600)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2007

22. Efficient Semiparametric Estimation of Quantile Treatment Effects
    Econometrica, 2007, 75, (1), 259-276 View citations (195)
    See also Working Paper (2004)

2001

23. Job Placement: Gender Differences and Consequences on Welfare
    Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 2001, 21, (1)

Chapters

2011

1. Decomposition Methods in Economics
   Elsevier View citations (299)
   See also Working Paper (2010)