Research
Work in Progress
Cash Transfers and Formal Labor Markets: Evidence from Brazil (with Francois Gerard & Joana Naritomi), CEPR Discussion Paper, (R&R Econometrica) [VoxDev]
Trust in Government and Support for Redistribution (with Anna Bernard, Victoria Levin, & Matteo Morgandi), CEPR Discussion Paper
The Great Equalizer: How Firms Reduce Wage Inequality (with Martim Leitão & Jaime Montaña), CEPR Discussion Paper [Online Appendix] [VoxEU]
Adjusting to Transitory Shocks Worker Impact, Firm Channels, and (Lack of) Income Support, (with Ana Margarida Fernandes), World Bank Working Paper [Slides]
Trade, Skills and Produtivity, (with Giordano Mion & Rafael Proença)
Business Cycles, Firm Dynamics, and Workforce Composition, (with Sara Moreira)
A Lifetime of Recovery: Adjusting to External Demand Shocks and Firm Scarring, (with Ana Margarida Fernandes & Martim Leitão)
The Cyclicality of Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Portuguese and Brazilian Administrative Data, (with Martim Leitão & Jaime Montana)
Margins of Adjustment and Distributional Consequences of Exchange Rate Shocks: Firm-Level Evidence from Portugal, (with Martim Leitão)
Why do Firms Train? Evidence on the Role of Market Power in the Firm's Decision to Train, (with Catarina Gaspar and Jaime Montaña)
Employment versus Efficiency: Which Firms should R&D Tax Credits Target?”, (with Anna Bernard and Rahim Lila)
Published Papers
Twenty Years of Wage Inequality in Latin America. (with Julian Messina), World Bank Economic Review 35(1), 117-147, 2021.
Export Destinations and Input Prices. (with Paulo Bastos & Eric Verhoogen), American Economic Review, 108(2), 353-392, 2018.
International Competition, Returns to Skill and Labor Market Adjustment. (with Rod Falvey & David Greenaway), World Economy, 41(4), 1000-1024, 2018.
Exports and Job Training. (with Paulo Bastos & Rafael Proenca), Review of International Economics, 24(4), 737-756, 2016.
Informality and Exclusion: Evidence from Matched Employer-employee Data for Lebanon and Syria. (with Mohamad Alloush, Carole Chartouni, & Roberta Gatti), IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2(18), 1-18, 2013.
Networks, Firms, and Trade. (with Paulo Bastos), Journal of International Economics, 87(2), 352-364, 2012.
The Quality of a Firm's Exports: Where you Export to Matters. (with Paulo Bastos), Journal of International Economics, 82(2), 99-111, 2010. Lead article.
Trade Liberalization and Human Capital Adjustment. (with Rod Falvey & David Greenaway), Journal of International Economics, 81(2), 230-239, 2010.
Identifying Vertically Differentiated Products. (with Paulo Bastos), Economics Letters, 106(1), 32-34, 2010.
Intra-industry Trade Expansion and Employment Reallocation between Sectors and Occupations. (with Manuel Cabral), Review of World Economics, 142(3), 496-521, 2006.