Working Papers

Masculinity Norms and their Economic Consequences, with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean 

Prepared for the Annual Review of Economics


Expected Discrimination and Job Search, with Deivis Angeli and Fernando Secco

Revision requested at the American Economic Review

Media: World Bank Development Impact, Nexo Políticas Públicas, Le Monde


We Don't Talk About Boys: Masculinity Norms Among Adolescents in Brazil

Reject and Resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy

Media: Folha de São Paulo, EconomistAs podcast, World Bank Development Impact


Masculinity Around the World, [video summary] with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean 

Previous version LiTS only (43 countries)

Media: Vox CEPR Podcast


Ayahuasca Durably Improves Wellbeing, [draft available upon request] with Patrick Francois and Matt Lowe 


Selected Work in Progress

Women's Cognitive Load and Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil, with Deivis Angeli, Beatriz Marcoje and Jamie McCasland (Design stage -- in partnership with the Secretariat of Planning of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro) [Project Summary]

Wage Transparency Within and Across Firms: Experimental Evidence From Brazil, with Mayara Felix and Bobby Pakzad-Hurson (Design stage -- in partnership with the Brazilian Ministry of Planning) [Project Summary]

Employment Preferences of Favela Residents with Mayara Felix, Beatriz Marcoje, and Maria Clara Rodrigues (in the field) [Project Summary]

Masculinity Norms and Social Learning: Theory and Evidence, with Marcos Ross


Pre-PhD Publications (in Portuguese)


Efeitos de Tamanho da Sala no Desempenho dos Alunos: Evidências Usando Regressões Descontínuas no Brasil (with Naercio Menezes Filho). Revista Brasileira de Economia 74 (2020): 352-401.

Determinantes da Distribuição da (Des) igualdade de Gênero entre os Estados Brasileiros (with Regina Madalozzo and Adriana Bruscato). Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo) 46 (2016): 161-188.