Research

PUBLISHED

"The Effect of Maternal Labor Supply on Children: Evidence from Bunching", Accepted at Journal of Labor Economics, with Carolina Caetano, Gregorio Caetano and Eric Nielsen, 2024

"Housing Improvement and Crime" Journal of Public Economics with Umair Khalil, 2025

"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 CrimesJournal 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 

The Ripple Effect of Mass Shootings: Exploring the Hidden Costs on Urban Businesses with Hao Fe (under review)

Public Child Care and Maternal Employment in Brazil (under review)



WORK IN PROGRESS 

Income Inequality and Violent Extremism in the U.S. with Dimitrios Diamantaras and Rachel Small, 2024 

Electrical Blackouts and Crime with Rhiannon Jerch

The Impact of Firearm Recovery on Criminal Activity with Umair Khalil

The Career Costs of Childcare Constraints

The Long-Run Effects of Maternal Labor Supply on Children: Evidence from Bunching with Carolina Caetano (University of Georgia), Gregorio Caetano (University of Georgia) and Eric Nielsen (Federal Reserve Board)


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]