Research

PUBLISHED

"Mobile Broadband, Poverty, and Labor Outcomes in Tanzania" The World Bank Economic Review with Kalvin Bahia, Pau Castells, Genaro Cruz, Takaaki Masaki, Carlos Rodríguez-Castelán, 2023

"How Bad Is Crime for Business? Evidence from Consumer Behavior" Journal of Urban Economics with Hao Fe, 2022

"Mosquito-Borne Disease and Newborn Health" - the Effect of Dengue on Birth Outcomes Health Economics, 2021

“Are Safe Routes Effective? Assessing the Effects of Chicago’s Safe Passage Program on Local Crimes” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019

“Weather Shocks and Health at Birth in Colombia”, World Development with M. Andalón, J.P. Azevedo, C. Rodriguez Castelan and D. Valderrema, 2016 

"The Relationship between Budget Amendments and Local Electoral Power", Journal of Development Economics with Sergio Firpo and Vladimir Ponczek, 2015

WORKING PAPER 

Housing Improvement and Crime - Studying Chicago's Micro Market Recovery Program (MMRP), 2022 with Umair Khalil (Monash University) Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Public Economics 

The Effect of Maternal Labor Supply on Children: Evidence from Bunching, 2021 with Carolina Caetano (University of Georgia), Gregorio Caetano (University of Georgia) and Eric Nielsen (Federal Reserve Board) Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Labor Economics 

Public Child Care and Maternal Employment in Brazil, 2023 (Submitted)

WORK IN PROGRESS 

The Ripple Effect of Gun Violence: Exploring the Hidden Costs on Urban Businesses with Hao Fe

Electrical Blackouts and Crime with Rhiannon Jerch

Socioeconomic Conditions and Violent Extremism in the U.S.” with Dimitrios Diamantaras and Rachel Small

The Impact of Firearm Recovery on Criminal Activity with Umair Khalil

OTHERS

“Decomposing the Recent Inequality Decline in Latin America” Policy Research Working Paper Series 6715, The World Bank, 2013 with J.P. Azevedo (World Bank) and G. Inchauste (World Bank) [pdf]

"Incumbency Advantage in Federal Legislature in Brazil: Discontinuity Regression Approach", 2012 (presented at the 17th Annual LACEA Meeting 2012) [pdf]