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    • Human capital persistence and development 

      Rocha, Rudi; Ferraz, Claudio; Soares, Rodrigo dos Reis
      2017-10
      This paper documents the persistence of human capital over time and its association with long-term development. We exploit variation induced by a state-sponsored settlement policy that attracted immigrants with higher ...
    • Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid 

      Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo dos Reis
      2015-01
      Roughly one-third of the rural population in developing countries lives in arid and semiarid regions, facing recurrent water scarcity. This is likely to become an even more common situation with climate change. This paper ...