Browsing by Advisor "Fuente Estevan, Fernanda Gonçalves de La"
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Do school starting age generate externalities on siblings? Evidence using regression discontinuity design
2022-05-03Irmãos compartilham uma conexão que torna seu relacionamento único e, portanto, provavelmente influenciam o comportamento e as decisões um do outro. Neste artigo, nós examinamos spillovers entre irmãos que ocorre no ensino ... -
Does cash on hand prevent intimate partner violence? Evidence from conditional cash transfers
2022-05-06A violência por parceiro íntimo (VPI) é endêmica no mundo. Apesar de ser um problema enfrentado por mulheres em diferentes níveis socioeconômicos, a prevalência entre mulheres de baixa renda costuma ser maior, o que sugere ... -
Does electoral competition affect political selection, campaign funds and performance? Evidence from Brazilian municipal elections
2020-05-18This paper analyzes the causal impact of electoral competition on political selection, campaign funds, and performance in office. We use, for investigation, the 2012 Brazilian mayoral elections. To overcome potential ... -
Does it matter which top institution you choose? A case study of Brazilian graduate admissions
2020-05-26In this thesis, we investigate the effect of attending a selective master institution in Economics in terms of Ph.D. placement. To do that, we use data from the ANPEC exam, which master programs use to select their students. ... -
The effect of a fee waiver on the National High School Exam (ENEM) on college attendance prospects
2021-06-22In 2001 the Brazilian Federal Government implemented a fee exemption policy benefiting only final-year public school students taking the National High School Exam (ENEM), a standardized test which is broadly used for college ... -
Electoral coalitions and spatial patterns of vote in Brazilian municipal elections
2023-04-26Por que os partidos formam coligações eleitorais? Esta pesquisa tenta lançar uma nova luz sobre a compreensão das coligações eleitorais em eleições locais por meio de uma abordagem ainda pouco explorada que considera os ... -
Essays on Applied Microeconomics
2023-04-12This dissertation is composed of three articles. In the first article, which is shown in chapter 1, we study the the effects of racial and social diversity on academic outcomes in higher education. Using administrative ... -
Essays on Political Economy
2022-11-09This thesis consists of two independent chapters. The first chapter aims to understand politicians’ careers, looking at the monetary and non-monetary outcomes of winning a mayoral election in Brazil. Specifically, we ask ... -
How are elections affected by an external shock? The ‘China shock’ in Brazilian politics
2020-05-26Este artigo explora o componente exógeno do crescente relacionamento comercial entre Brasil e China como um choque econômico na política brasileira entre 1998 e 2016. Usando dados do censo populacional para o Brasil, ...
