I research how international trade and market reforms shape firm behavior and labor markets in Latin America. I joined Yale as an Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs in 2024. I received a PhD in Economics from MIT in 2021.

Working Papers

Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages. March 2026. Appendix. NBER paper 35018. Cowles paper 2510. Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review.

Domestic Outsourcing and Young-worker Entry into the Formal Sector, with Michael B. Wong. July 2026. NBER paper 34172.

The Displacement Efects of Domestic Outsourcing, with Michael B. Wong. July 2026.

Wage Gap Disclosure in the Tropics, with Pablo Castro, Ieda Matavelli and Bobak Pakzad-Hurson. April 2026. Cowles paper 2517. Policy brief (Portuguese).

Publications

Employment Preferences of Favela Residents, with Beatriz Marcoje, Ieda Matavelli, and Maria Clara Rodrigues. AEA Papers and Proceedings 2026, 116: 156–161. Published data and code.

Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia, with M. Chatib Basri, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin Olken. Appendix. American Economic Review 2021, 111 (12): 3827-71. Summary video.

Selected work in progress

Constructing Structural Change, with Julieta Caunedo and Kristina Manysheva. June 2026. Draft available upon request.

Office Support and Firm Scale-up in Brazil, with Rodimiro Rodrigo. July 2026. Draft available upon request.

Coordination Incentives of Tariff-Rate Quotas, with Jorge Florez-Acosta and Diego Jiménez-Hernández.

Teaching

ECON 7703: Empirical Trade and Development. PhD elective.

ECON 3380 / GLBL 4102 / EP&E 4314: Emerging Markets. Undergraduate.

Older Research

Charter Schools and Suspensions: Evidence from Massachusetts Chapter 222. Appendix.