I’m thrilled that my paper “Trade Shock, Slums and Structural Transformation: Changing Rural-Urban Migration Opportunities“ joint with Luciene Pereira Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira was accepted for presentation at the 2025 Econometric Society world congress!

Takeaway: Trade doesn’t just impact jobs—it shapes where people live & under what conditions. Brazil’s experience reveals that export booms can redirect migration and dampen slum expansion. New lens for thinking about globalization & urbanization in developing countries.

Matéria sobre os surrealistas problemas de visto de Júlia, minha filha, no Globo. oglobo.globo.com/mundo/noticia/…