Selected Papers


Selecting Top Bureaucrats: Admission Exams and Performance in Brazil. 2023

(with Thiago Scot and Ricardo Dahis)  

Review of Economics and Statistics 


Selected Working Papers


Do labor inspections make a difference? An analysis of the firms’ dynamics and efficiency of actions in Brazil

(with Ísis Ferreira Lira , Ricardo da Silva Freguglia and Gustavo Maurício Gonzaga)


Crime, Punishment, and Prevention: The Effect of a Legal Reform on Violence  Against Women

(with Claudio Ferraz)


Can better judicial systems prevent crime?

(with Claudio Ferraz)

Selected Work in Progress



Development of a Predictive Algorithm for the Risk of Re-victimization of Women Experiencing Domestic Violence (In partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the State Secretariat of Public Security of Paraná)


Promotion, Performance, and Diversity in the Brazilian Judiciary (with Ricardo Dahis and Leopoldo Gutierre)