EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), July 2004
M.A., Economics, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), September 2001
M.A., Economics, Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), Brazil, July 1999
B.A., Economics, Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio), Brazil, January 1997
Employment history
July 2020 -- Present: Associate Professor (with tenure)
July 2014 -- Jun 2020: Assistant Professor
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Department of Economics, Duke University (secondary appointment)
August 2012 -- June 2014: Visiting Associate Professor | Lecturer
Research Program in Development Studies, Princeton University
Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton University
August 2010 -- May 2014 (on-leave 2012-2014): Associate Professor
Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
August 2007 -- July 2010: Lecturer | Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, University of Sao Paulo - Brazil
August 2004 -- August 2009 (on-leave 2007-2009): Assistant Professor
Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
AFFILIATIONS
July 2019 -- Present:
Science Core co-Director
Duke Population Research Center (DPRC), Duke Population Research Institute, Duke University
January 2015 -- Present:
Research Affiliate, Durham Children's Data Center, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
July 2014 -- Present:
Research Affiliate, Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI), Duke University
July 2014 -- Present:
Faculty Affiliate, Duke Center for International Development (DCID), Duke University
May 2011 -- Present:
Research Affiliate, Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), MIT
May 2008 -- Present:
Research Fellow, Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)
August 2007 -- May 2014:
Researcher/Consultant, Fundacao Instituto de Pesquisas Economicas, FIPE, Brazil
AWARDS AND HONORS
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring, The Graduate School, Duke University, 2021
Richard A. Stubbing Award for Graduate Teaching and Mentoring, Duke University, 2019.
BNDES/Brazilian Ministry of Development M.A. Thesis Award, Chair-Advisor to Heitor Sandes Pellegrina, 2nd prize, 2013.
Teacher of the Year, Undergraduate Students' Association, FEA/USP, 2011.
Best Article by a Brazilian Economist (Haralambos Simeonidis Prize), 2008.
Royal Economic Society Award, Article of the Year, 2006.
Runner-up to the Dorothy Thomas Award, Population Association of America, 2005.
BNDES/Brazilian Ministry of Development M.A. Thesis Award, 1st prize, 2002.
Honors Pass International Economics Field, 2001 (UCLA, A. Lahiri, E. Leamer, C. Vegh).
Honors Pass Econometrics Field, 2000 (UCLA, K. Hirano, G. Imbens, E. Kyriazidou).
Rio de Janeiro Economics Association B.A. Thesis Award, 1997.