🚨 New WP! "Rooting for the same team: on the interplay between Political and Social Identities in the Formation of Social Ties" With Nico Ajzenman and Bruno Ferman Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Tive a oportunidade de escrever hoje na folha sobre meu experimento com Nico Ajzenman e Bruno Ferman, em que estudamos discriminação na formação de redes acadêmicas no Twitter. Muito obrigado ao Michael França pelo convite! www1.folha.uol.com.br/blogs/politica…

New paper out w/ Gustavo Gonzaga and C.A. Belchior! We use unique admin data from Brazil to study the effects of a large-scale housing lottery program, Minha Casa Minha Vida, and to understand the mechanisms by which neighborhoods affect the economic outcomes of adults. 🧵👇

My paper with @daniel_araujoec @RobsonT_ O Danny is finally out in the Journal of Development Economics! We discuss the impacts of Illegal markets and illegal deforestation on contemporary slavery. Follow the thread to know more about the paper 🧵1/n

I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to present the 1st paper of my thesis, "Dropping Out of Higher Education after Trade Liberalization", in the Applied Micro PhD Workshops at the University of Cambridge CamEcon as part of my time here as a visiting student.

One of my favorite conferences is the Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria (SBE)'s meeting and it will happen next week! Here, I will list the amazing sessions I plan to attend. But I do not promise I will be able to do so.

Today, I want to highlight the accomplishments of Sao Paulo School of Economics – FGV's students and highlight their papers at Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria (SBE)'s meeting. I will try to tag all students, but, if I do not find someone, feel free to tag yourself. More importantly, if I miss someone, let me know in the DMs!

I'm looking for a full-time RA, starting Aug-Sep this year. The position is based in London at UCL Economics , to work on my ERC funded projects on "Forced Migration and Development". Job ad below. Apply here: tinyurl.com/ywhsr4hh #EconTwitter and Econ RA Listings, pls spread the word!

Parceira incrível, construída com muita delicadeza, se concretiza entre o GAPPE/UFPE e o IMDS. Vamos juntos construir o Mapa de Mobilidade Social do Brasil, questão de primeira ordem para desenvolvimento do nosso país. imdsbrasil.org/em-pauta/carta…

Muito legal contribuir com a Thais Carrança nessa matéria da BBC News Brasil sobre a crise do cacau na Bahia, discutindo os resultados do meu paper com o @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social. Estudamos os efeitos de longo prazo da praga sobre educação, renda e trabalho infantil. Segue o fio pra saber mais 1/n🧵

Na próxima sexta-feira, às 10h, receberemos Vinícius Tiné (Vinícius Tiné) nos Seminários PPGE/UFPB, apresentando o paper Campaign Spending, Media Capture, and Political Accountability, em coautoria com Rafael Costa Lima (@rflcostalima). Aguardamos todos no Miniauditório I do CCSA

Our recent related working paper can be found here: dropbox.com/scl/fi/rqqy6m6…

new working paper!

New at Nature Human Behaviour w/ Esping-Andersen, Pintro-Schmitt & Peter Fallesen: The intergenerational persistence of poverty (the link between poverty in childhood vs. adulthood) is 4x stronger in the US than in Denmark and 2x stronger than in UK/AUS. Why? nature.com/articles/s4156…

Recently accepted to #REStud, ``Job Displacement, Unemployment Benefits and Domestic Violence'' from Bhalotra, Britto, Pinotti and Sampaio: restud.com/job-displaceme…

Our "Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A Field Experiment on #EconTwitter" with Pedro Sant'Anna and Bruno Ferman is now forthcoming in the 😀😀 American Economic Review Insights (AEA Journals) 😀😀 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

When SIG's invest resources to influence democracy via campaign finance and the media, how do SIG's adapt from a stronger regulation of such channels? Will regulation necessarily improve voter welfare?

🥳🥳 Our paper Discrimination in the Formation of Academic Networks: A field Experiment on #EconTwitter has just been published in the American Economic Review: Insights. with Bruno Ferman and Pedro Sant'Anna