Listagem por Orientador "Soares, Rodrigo Reis"

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    • Chronic disease burden and human capital investment: evidence from the chagas disease campaign in Brazil 

      Oliveira, Priscila Natacha de
      2016-05-16
      We investigate the effects of augmented life expectancy and health improvements on human capital investment, labor supply and fertility decisions. Our main motivation is the prediction of human capital theory that a longer ...

    • The effects of Brazil’s family health strategy on educational outcomes 

      Costa, Gabriel Weber
      2018-04-27
      We aim to evaluate the effects of Brazil’s Family Health Strategy (FHS), a large-scale community-based health intervention, on educational outcomes during primary and secondary education.We use student-level data and adopt ...

    • Effects of glyphosate on infant Health indicators 

      Dias, Mateus Ferraz
      2017-05-26
      Este trabalho estima o impacto do glifosato sobre indicadores de saúde infantil no Brasil, no período de 2000 a 2009, explorando a adoção da soja transgênica no Brasil e a estrutura hidrográfica do país (ottobacias). Nossos ...

    • Essays on judicial behavior 

      Lopes, Felipe de Mendonça
      2018-05-28
      What do judges want? Although apparently a straightforward question, the motivations that underly judge’s decisions have been a persistent topic of debate in the literature. The discussion arises from the fact that judges, ...

    • Labor rights, formality and spillovers: evidence from Brazil 

      Pires, Pedro Oliveira Monteiro
      2016-04-26
      We analyze the effects of constitutional amendment 72/13 in Brazil, which matched labor rights of domestic workers to those of other employees. We show that, after the legislation, a sizable media coverage and an intensified ...

    • Socially optimal crime and punishment 

      Ferreira, Eduardo Ferraz Castelo Branco
      2018-05-25
      The first essay of this thesis, co-authored by Rodrigo Soares, develops a dynamic life-cycle equilibrium model of crime with heterogeneous agents and human capital accumulation. Public security policies are defined as pairs ...

    • Three essays on the economics of crime 

      Masiero, Ilaria
      2017-05-19
      Prevention is commonly recognized as the best way to go in the fight against delinquency. Yet, working out sound policies is an extremely challenging task. The first two essays in this thesis contribute to the pursuit of ...