| Position | Professor |
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| Degree | Ph. D. (Economics), Columbia University |
| Specialty | Development, Health, Education, and Political Economics, Microeconometrics |
| Current Research Interests | Accountability and Corruption, Political Institutions, Policy Evaluation in Education and Health |
- Professional Career
2021 – Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2016 – 2021 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2014 – 2016 Post-doctoral Researcher, IAE-CSIC
2008 – 2014 Assistant Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2008 – 2016 Affiliated Professor, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics
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- Selected publications
“Are Rules-based Government Programs Shielded from Special-Interest Politics? Evidence from Revenue-Sharing Transfers in Brazil,” Journal of Public Economics, 2012, 96: 1047-1060.
“The Impact of Intergovernmental Transfers on Education Outcomes and Poverty Reduction,” with Kevin M. Morrison, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2013, 5(4): 206-240.
“Saving Lives: Evidence from a Conditional Food Supplementation Program,” with Marian Meller, Journal of Human Resources, 2014, 49(4): 1017-1055.
“Adapting the Supply of Education to the Needs of Girls: Evidence from a Policy Experiment in Rural India,” with Marian Meller, Journal of Human Resources, 2016, 51(3): 760-802.
“Audit Risk and Rent Extraction: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Brazil,” with Yves Zamboni, Journal of Development Economics, 2018, 134: 133-149.
“Which Tail Matters? Inequality and Growth in Brazil,” with María Lombardi, Journal of Economic Growth, 2019, 24(2): 155-187.
“Policy Choices in Assembly vs. Representative Democracy: Evidence from Swiss Communes,” with Patricia Funk, Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 182.
“Long-run Impacts of Intergovernmental Transfers,” with Irineu de Carvalho Filho, Journal of Human Resources, 2022 5(3): 868-917.
“Judicial Presence and Rent Extraction,” with Yves Zamboni, Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2024, 73(1): 87-126.
“Distortion by Audit: Evidence from Public Procurement,” with Maria Paula Gerardino and Dina Pomeranz, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics,16(4): 71-108.
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Other notable activities and achievements
2014 – 2023 Associate Editor, The Journal of Human Resources
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