Working Papers
Expected Discrimination and Job Search, with Deivis Angeli and Fernando Secco
Conditionally accepted 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, with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean
[video summary] Previous version LiTS only (43 countries)
Media: Vox CEPR Podcast
Psychedelics and Well-Being: An Experiment in Brazil, with Patrick Francois and Matt Lowe
Reject and resubmit at the Journal of Political Economy
Wage Gap Disclosure in the Tropics, with Pablo Castro, Mayara Felix and Bobby Pakzad-Hurson. Policy brief (in Portuguese)
Publications
Masculinity Norms and their Economic Implications, with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean
Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 18, March 2026; 127-155.
Employment Preferences of Favela Residents, with Mayara Felix, Beatriz Marcoje, and Maria Clara Rodrigues
AEA Papers and Proceedings, Vol. 116, May 2026; 156–161.
Selected Work in Progress
Women's Cognitive Load and Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil, with Deivis Angeli, Beatriz Marcoje and Jamie McCasland (Design stage -- MOU signed 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 (MOU signed with the Brazilian Ministry of Planning) [Project Summary]
Masculinity Norms and Social Learning: Theory and Evidence, with Marcos Ross
Misperceived Masculinity Norms: Evidence From 32 Countries, [draft available upon request] with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean
Demand for the Manosphere, with Victoria Baranov, Ralph de Haas, and Pauline Grosjean
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.