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Working Papers

2025

1. Exploring the Gender Divide in Real Estate Ownership and Property Tax Compliance
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. Tax Progressivity and Inequality in Brazil: Evidence from Integrated Administrative Data
   Reports, EU Tax Observatory View citations (2)
3. The Elusive Impact of Corporate Tax Incentives
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
4. Who Participates in Defined Contribution Pension Systems When Informality is High? Evidence from 20 Years of Administrative Records from the Dominican Republic
   Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank

2024

5. Firms’ Networks Under Export Exemption Regimes
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
6. Offshore Data Leaks and Tax Enforcement in Developing Countries
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
7. Speed of Payment in Procurement Contracts: The Role of Political Connections∗
   Monash Economics Working Papers, Monash University, Department of Economics
8. Trade-offs in the Design of Simplified Tax Regimes: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
9. Two Decades of Top Income Shares in Honduras
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
   See also Journal Article Two decades of top income shares in Honduras, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2025) View citations (1) (2025)
10. VAT Refunds and Firms’ Performance: Evidence from a Withholding Reform in Honduras
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2023

11. Corporate Responses to Size-Based Tax Rates in Lithuania
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
12. MiDES: New Data and Facts from Local Procurement and Budget Execution in Brazil
    SoDa Laboratories Working Paper Series, Monash University, SoDa Laboratories View citations (1)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2023) View citations (1)

2022

13. Targeting in Tax Compliance Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Honduras
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2021

14. Building State Capacity: What Is the Impact of Development Projects ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers, Center for Global Development (2021) View citations (1)

2020

15. Strengthening Public Health Systems: Policy Ideas from a Governance Perspective
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2018

16. Political Selection and Bureaucratic Productivity
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2017

17. But ? what is the poverty rate today? testing poverty nowcasting methods in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2016

18. Cyclical Variations in Participation and Employment in Urban Brazil
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
19. Sifting through the Data: labor markets in Haiti through a turbulent decade (2001-2012)
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Selecting Top Bureaucrats: Admission Exams and Performance in Brazil
   The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2025, 107, (2), 408-425
2. Two decades of top income shares in Honduras
   Journal of Public Economics, 2025, 246, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Two Decades of Top Income Shares in Honduras, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2024) (2024)

2024

3. Corporate Taxation and Evasion Responses: Evidence from a Minimum Tax in Honduras
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2024, 16, (1), 482-517 View citations (6)

2023

4. The importance of political selection for bureaucratic effectiveness
   Economica, 2023, 90, (359), 746-779 View citations (1)