Really happy to have our paper "Paths that led to gold: historical roads, trade, and persistence" published at RSUE! Joint with Alexandre Portugal, a very promising PhD candidate specializing in economic history.
doi.org/10.1016/j.regs…
New paper out in JRSS Series C (@RoyalStatSoc):
We propose an interpretable tensor model for crime data across type, space, and time, with predictive performance comparable to black-box methods and the added advantage of uncovering the dependence structures underlying criminal activity. Evidence from Chicago police reports.
With G. Zens, D. Durante (@DanieleDurante2), and E. Patacchini (@EleonoraPatacc2).
academic.oup.com/jrsssc/advance…
The timing of railroad construction and provision persistently affects economic activity around it. In the January issue, by Bruno Barsanetti @barsanettizurl.co/ALtXR
Argumentamos no op-ed que o saque-aniversário permite uma reorganização financeira para as famílias, que reduzem seu endividamento a uma taxa de juros alta ao sacar parte da poupança compulsória.
O Valor Econômico publicou hoje nosso artigo de opinião com resultados da nossa pesquisa sobre o saque aniversário do FGTS.
valor.globo.com/opiniao/coluna…
I'm really happy to see our paper "College access spillover on high school performance: Evidence from college openings", joint work with Tales Rands, published at Economics of Education Review. (1/4)
Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.econ…
This paper is very special to me for two reasons: 1) It was great to work with Tales, one of my first PhD students, from whom I learned so much about the economics of education. 2) Personal note: my father graduated from a Fatec (in the 80s), it really meant a lot for him. (3/4)