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Working Papers

2023

1. Blackout or Blanked Out ? Monitoring the Quality of Electricity Service in Developing Countries
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
2. COVID-19 School Closures, Learning Losses and Intergenerational Mobility
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)

2022

3. Learning Losses during COVID-19: Global Estimates of an Invisible and Unequal Crisis
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank

2021

4. Learning Poverty Updates and Revisions
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
5. Remote Learning During COVID-19
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
6. Will Every Child Be Able to Read by 2030 ? Defining Learning Poverty and Mapping the Dimensions of the Challenge
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2020

7. Learning Poverty in the Time of COVID-19
   World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
8. Learning Poverty: Measures and Simulations
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (7)
9. Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (80)
   See also Journal Article Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2021) View citations (78) (2021)

2018

10. April 2018 PovcalNet Update: What’s New
    Global Poverty Monitoring Technical Note Series, The World Bank View citations (6)
11. Consumer Price Indices Used in Global Poverty Measurement
    Global Poverty Monitoring Technical Note Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
12. Poverty, Inequality, and Agriculture in the EU
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
13. Prices Used in Global Poverty Measurement
    Global Poverty Monitoring Technical Note Series, The World Bank
14. sae: A Stata Package for Unit Level Small Area Estimation
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)

2017

15. Small area estimation/Poverty Map in Stata
    2017 Stata Conference, Stata Users Group

2016

16. How equitable is access to finance in turkey ? evidence from the latest global FINDEX
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
17. Robustness of shared prosperity estimates: how different methodological choices matter
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
18. What are the impacts of Syrian refugees on host community welfare in Turkey ? a subnational poverty analysis
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
19. When and where do we see regional poverty reduction and convergence ? lessons from the roof of Turkey
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (1)
20. Who are the poor in the developing world ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)

2015

21. Kyrgyz Republic
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group

2014

22. Fiscal Adjustment and Income Inequality: Sub-national Evidence from Brazil
    IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund View citations (3)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (2)
23. Pathways to the middle class in Turkey: how have reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity helped?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
24. Poverty reduction and shared prosperity in Tajikistan: a diagnostic
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
25. Weather shocks and health at birth in Colombia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia, World Development, Elsevier (2016) View citations (59) (2016)

2013

26. Decomposing the recent inequality decline in Latin America
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (93)
27. Fifteen years of inequality in Latin America: how have labor markets helped ?
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (56)
28. From Noise to Signal: The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
    See also Journal Article From Noise to Signal: The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2013) View citations (1) (2013)
29. Is labor income responsible for poverty reduction ? a decomposition approach
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (47)
30. Setting reasonable performance targets for public service delivery
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)

2012

31. Is the baby to blame ? an inquiry into the consequences of early childbearing
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (19)
32. Movilidad social en Colombia
    Documentos CEDE, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE View citations (17)
33. Shapley Decomposition by Components of a Welfare Aggregate
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (26)
34. Teenage Pregnancy and Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean: On Teenage Fertility Decisions, Poverty and Economic Achievement
    (Embarazo adolescente y oportunidades en América Latina y el Caribe: sobre maternidad temprana, pobreza y logros económicos)
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
35. When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article When Job Earnings Are behind Poverty Reduction, World Bank - Economic Premise, The World Bank (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2011

36. Oportunidades para los niños colombianos: cuánto avanzamos en esta década
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica de Colombia View citations (4)
    See also Book Oportunidades para los niños colombianos: cuánto avanzamos en esta década, Books, Banco de la Republica de Colombia (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
37. Oportunidades para los ni�os colombianos: cu�nto avanzamos en esta d�cada
    Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica View citations (1)

2010

38. Benchmarking: A Tool to improve the Effectiveness of Monitoring and Evaluation in the Policy Cycle
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group
39. The Real Bottom Line: Benchmarking Performance in Poverty Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (5)

2008

40. Avaliação econômica do Programa Fica Vivo: o caso piloto
    Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais View citations (1)
41. Prevenção e controle de homicídios: uma avaliação de impacto no Brasil
    Textos para Discussão Cedeplar-UFMG, Cedeplar, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

2007

42. AVALIAÇÃO DO PROGRAMA FICA VIVO NO MUNICÍPIO DE BELO HORIZONTE
    Anais do XXXV Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 35th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]
43. O tempo de abertura de negócios: uma breve revisão crítica da literatura existente para o Estado do Rio de Janeiro
    (Business Registration in Rio de Janeiro: A brief review of the literature)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
44. RIOLOG: Uma avaliação ex-post
    (RIOLOG: An ex-post evaluation)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany
45. Uma avaliação ex-ante de algumas políticas para melhoria do ambiente de negócios no Estado do Rio de Janeiro
    (An ex-ante evaluation of policies to improve the business environment of the State of Rio de Janeiro)
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany

2006

46. Uma Decomposição da Desigualdade de Rendimentos do Trabalho no Brasil: 1984-2005
    Discussion Papers, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada - IPEA View citations (4)

2005

47. AN INVESTIGATION OF THE LABOUR MARKET EARNINGS IN DEPRIVED AREAS: A TEST OF LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION IN THE SLUMS
    Anais do XXXIII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 33rd Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics] View citations (2)

2004

48. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND LIQUIDITY CONSTRAINTS IN DEPRIVED AREAS: EVIDENCE FROM THE SLUMS OF RIO DE JANEIRO
    Anais do XXXII Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 32nd Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics]

Journal Articles

2021

1. Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates
   (Tackling Inequity in Education during and after COVID-19)
   The World Bank Research Observer, 2021, 36, (1), 1-40 View citations (78)
   See also Working Paper Simulating the Potential Impacts of COVID-19 School Closures on Schooling and Learning Outcomes: A Set of Global Estimates, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2020) View citations (80) (2020)

2018

2. A New Profile of the Global Poor
   World Development, 2018, 101, (C), 250-267 View citations (46)

2016

3. Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia
   World Development, 2016, 82, (C), 69-82 View citations (59)
   See also Working Paper Weather shocks and health at birth in Colombia, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (15) (2014)

2013

4. From Noise to Signal: The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2013, (117), 1-4 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper From Noise to Signal: The Successful Turnaround of Poverty Measurement in Colombia, World Bank Publications - Reports (2013) (2013)

2012

5. When Job Earnings Are behind Poverty Reduction
   World Bank - Economic Premise, 2012, (97), 1-6 View citations (7)
   See also Working Paper When Job Earnings Are Behind Poverty Reduction, World Bank Publications - Reports (2012) View citations (6) (2012)

2002

6. El TLC y las pérdidas de mercado de Brasil en los Estados Unidos, 1992-2001
   Revista CEPAL, 2002
7. NAFTA and the loss of US market share by Brazil, 1992-2001
   Revista CEPAL, 2002 View citations (2)

Books

2020

1. Estimating the Potential COVID-19 Impacts on Learning Poverty in Brazil
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group

2014

2. Understanding Changes in Poverty
   World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (15)

2010

3. Oportunidades para los niños colombianos: cuánto avanzamos en esta década
   Books, Banco de la Republica de Colombia View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Oportunidades para los niños colombianos: cuánto avanzamos en esta década, Borradores de Economia, Banco de la Republica de Colombia (2011) View citations (4) (2011)

Chapters

2010

1. GESTÃO POR RESULTADOS EM MINAS GERAIS: UMA AVALIAÇÃO DAS METAS DE REDUÇÃO DA CRIMINALIDADE
   A chapter in Anais do XIV Seminário sobre a Economia Mineira [Proceedings of the 14th Seminar on the Economy of Minas Gerais], 2010 View citations (1)

2008

2. AVALIAÇAO ECONÔMICA DO PROGRAMA FICA VIVO NO MORRO DAS PEDRAS
   A chapter in Anais do XIII Seminário sobre a Economia Mineira [Proceedings of the 13th Seminar on the Economy of Minas Gerais], 2008 View citations (1)

Software Items

2021

1. ALORENZ: Stata module to produce Pen's Parade, Lorenz and Generalised Lorenz curve
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
2. GROUPFUNCTION: Stata module to replace several basic collapse functions
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2020

3. CHANGEMEAN: Stata module to compute Income and Inequality Contribution on Poverty Variation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
4. WBOPENDATA: Stata module to access World Bank databases
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (17)

2019

5. ADECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley Decomposition by Components of a Welfare Measure
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (16)

2018

6. FHSAE: Stata module to fit an area level Fay-Herriot model
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
7. SAE: Stata module to provide commands and mata functions devoted to unit level small area estimation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2014

8. ISOPOVERTY: Stata module to generate data for Inequality-Poverty and Iso-Poverty curves
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
9. OUTTABLE: Stata module to write matrix to LaTeX table
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2012

10. DRDECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley value of growth and distribution components of changes in poverty indicators
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (3)
11. MPOVLINE: Stata module to calculate FGT0, FGT1 and FGT2 by intervals of multiple thresholds
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
12. SKDECOMP: Stata module to estimate Shapley value of growth, price, and distribution components on changes in poverty indicators
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)

2011

13. GRQREG: Stata module to graph the coefficients of a quantile regression
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (30)
14. HOI: Stata module to compute Human Opportunity Index
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (9)

2010

15. DFL: Stata module to estimate DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux Counterfactual Kernel Density
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (2)
16. SPIKE: Stata module to allow for a zero willingness to pay
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics
17. TURNBULL: Stata module to estimate the Turnbull empirical distribution estimator of willingness to pay
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2008

18. MOL: Stata module to evaluate literacy level
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2007

19. AINEQUAL: Stata module to compute measures of inequality
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics View citations (1)
20. APOVERTY: Stata module to compute poverty measures
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2006

21. FACTORTEST: Stata module to perform tests for appropriateness of factor analysis
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics

2003

22. CRTEST: Stata module to perform Cramer-Ridder Test for pooling states in a Multinomial logit
    Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics