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RODRIGO R. SOARES Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs 420 W RODRIGO R. SOARES Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs 420 W. 118th St. New York, NY 10027, USA r.soares at columbia.edu EMPLOYMENT Columbia University – Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs, 2016-present; Affiliated Professor of Economics, 2016-present Sao Paulo School of Economics-FGV – Adjunct Professor, 2016-present; Professor, 2013-2016 PUC-Rio – Associate Professor of Economics, 2007-2013; Assistant Professor of Economics, 2005-2007 Harvard School of Public Health – Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health and Population, 2009-2010 University of Maryland – Assistant Professor of Economics, 2002-2007 EDUCATION Ph.D. – Department of Economics, University of Chicago, USA, 2002 Mestre (M.A.) – Department of Economics, PUC-Rio, Brazil, 1997 Bacharel (B.A.) – Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1994 OTHER ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS IZA, Institute for the Study of Labor – Research Fellow, 2007-present J-PAL Latin America – Research Affiliate, 2010-present Center for Development Economics and Policy, Columbia University – Faculty Affiliate, 2016-present Global Labor Organization – Fellow, 2017-present International Health Economics Association – Committee Member for the Kenneth J. Arrow Award, 2017-present LACEA – Member of the Executive Committee, 2012-2015 NICE International – Member of the Advisory Group, 2009-2014 Brazilian Academy of Sciences – Affiliated Fellow, 2007-2011 NBER – Faculty Research Fellow, 2007-2010 Brazilian Econometrics Society – Member of the Executive Committee, 2008-2009 Maryland Population Research Center – Faculty Associate, 2002-2009 EDITORIAL POSITIONS Journal of Human Capital – Associate Editor, 2013-present Journal of Demographic Economics – Associate Editor, 2015-present IZA Journal of Development & Migration – Associate Editor, 2017-present IZA World of Labor – Associate Editor, 2012-present Ecos de Economía: A Latin American Journal of Applied Economics – Editorial Board, 2016-present Economía y Política (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile) – Editorial Board, 2014-present Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Special Issue: 50 Years of the Economics of Crime – Guest Editor, 2019 IZA Journal of Labor & Development – Associate Editor, 2012-2017 Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (IPEA, Brazil) – Editorial Board, 2009-2015 Economía, The Journal of LACEA – Editor, 2010-2012; Associate Editor, 2008-2010; Editorial Panel, 2005-2006 RODRIGO R. SOARES – APRIL 2020 VISITING AND CONSULTING POSITIONS Inter-American Development Bank – Consultant, 2012-2015 World Bank – Consultant, 2005-2011 Ibmec Business School São Paulo – Visiting Assistant Professor, 2004 EPGE-FGV – Visiting Assistant Professor, 2003 PUC-Rio – Visiting Assistant Professor, 2002 RESEARCH REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES Economic Shocks and Crime: Evidence from the Brazilian Trade Liberalization (with Rafael Dix-Carneiro and Gabriel Ulyssea). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(4), October 2018, 158-195. The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets: Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon (with Ariaster B. Chimeli). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 30-57. Human Capital Persistence and Development (with Cláudio Ferraz and Rudi Rocha). American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 9(4), October 2017, 105-136. Organization and Information in the Fight against Crime: An Evaluation of the Integration of Police Forces in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil (with Igor Viveiros). Economía, the Journal of LACEA, 17(2), Spring 2017, 29-63. Spillovers from Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Bolsa Família and Crime in Urban Brazil (with Laura Chioda and João M. P. de Mello). Economics of Education Review, 54, October 2016, 306-320. The Welfare Cost of Homicides in Brazil: Accounting for Heterogeneity in the Willingness to Pay for Mortality Reductions (with Daniel Cerqueira). Health Economics, 25(3), March 2016, 259-276. Living on the Edge: Youth Entry, Career, and Exit in Drug-Selling Gangs (with Leandro Carvalho). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 121, January 2016, 77-98. Water Scarcity and Birth Outcomes in the Brazilian Semiarid (with Rudi Rocha). Journal of Development Economics, 112, January 2015, 72-91. Access to Justice and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Brazil’s Special Civil Tribunals (with Guilherme Lichand). Journal of Law and Economics, 57(2), May 2014, 459-499. A Note on Slavery and the Roots of Inequality (with Juliano J. Assunção and Tomás Goulart). Journal of Comparative Economics, 40(4), November 2012, 565-580. Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil (with Joana Naritomi and Juliano J. Assunção). Journal of Economic History, 72(2), June 2012, 393-422. Household Choices of Child Labor and Schooling: A Simple Model with Application to Brazil (with Diana Kruger and Matias Berthelon). Journal of Human Resources, 47(1), Winter 2012, 1-31. Evaluating the Impact of Community-Based Health Interventions: Evidence from Brazil’s Family Health Program (with Romero Rocha). Health Economics, 19(S1), September 2010, 126-158. Allocation of Children’s Time along Gender Lines: Work, School, and Domestic Work in Brazil (with Diana Kruger and Matías Berthelon). Research in Labor Economics, 31, 2010, 161-192. Life Expectancy and Welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean. Health Economics, 18(S1), April 2009, 37-54. Altruism, Fertility, and the Value of Children: Health Policy Evaluation and Intergenerational Welfare (with Javier A. Birchenall). Journal of Public Economics, 93(1-2), February 2009, 280-295. The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor (with Bruno Falcão). Journal of Political Economy, 116(6), December 2008, 1058-1104. Health and the Evolution of Welfare across Brazilian Municipalities. Journal of Development Economics, 84(2), 2 RODRIGO R. SOARES – APRIL 2020 November 2007, 590-608. On the Determinants of Mortality Reductions in the Developing World. Population and Development Review, 33(2), June 2007, 247-287. The Welfare Cost of Violence across Countries. Journal of Health Economics, 25(5), September 2006, 821-846. The Effect of Longevity on Schooling and Fertility: Evidence from the Brazilian Demographic and Health Survey. Journal of Population Economics, 19(1), February 2006, 71-97. Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice. American Economic Review, 95(3), June 2005, 580- 601. The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality (with Gary S. Becker and Tomas J. Philipson). American Economic Review, 95(1), March 2005, 277-291. Accountability and Corruption: Political Institutions Matter (with Daniel Lederman and Norman V. Loayza). Economics and Politics, 17(1), March 2005, 1-35. Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 52(4), July 2004, 851-871. Development, Crime, and Punishment: Accounting for the International Differences in Crime Rates. Journal of Development Economics, 73(1), February 2004, 155-184. Wage Determination in Brazil: Duality or Non-linearity in the Return to Education? (in Portuguese, with Gustavo Gonzaga). Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 19(2), November 1999, 367-404. BOOK CHAPTERS, SURVEYS, AND INVITED ARTICLES Introduction to the Special Issue on the 50 Years of the Economics of Crime (with Sebastian Galiani and Laura Jaitman). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 159, March 2019, 421-425. Fighting Employment Informality with Schooling (with Daniel Haanwinckel). IZA World of Labor, October 2017, 394. A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting the Welfare Costs of Crime. In: Laura Jaitman (editor). The Welfare Costs of Crime and Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean, Inter-American Development Bank, 2015, 15-34. Gary Becker’s Contributions in Health Economics. Journal of Demographic Economics, 81(1), March 2015, 51-57. Welfare Costs of Crime and Common Violence. Journal of Economics Studies, 42(1), January 2015, 117-137. Determinants of Health Status in the Developing World. In: Anthony J. Culyer (editor). Encyclopedia of Health Economics, Elsevier, 2014, 435-442. The “Program of Integration and Management in Public Safety” in Minas Gerais, Brazil: A Descriptive Analysis (with Igor Viveiros). In: Philip J. Cook, Stephen Machin, Olivier Marie, and Giovanni Mastrobuoni (editors). Lessons from the Economics of Crime: What Reduces Offending? CESifo and MIT Press, 2013, 205-232. Demographic Transition. In: Helmut K. Anheier and Mark Juergensmeyer (editors). Encyclopedia of Global Studies, vol. 1, Sage Publications, 2012, 380-382. Mortality. In: Helmut K. Anheier and Mark Juergensmeyer (editors). Encyclopedia of Global Studies, vol. 3, Sage Publications, 2012, 1189-1191. Recent Social Policies and Mortality in Brazil (in Portuguese). In: Cassio M. Turra and José M. P. da Cunha (editors). População e Desenvolvimento em Debate: Contribuições da Associação Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais – Demografia e Debate V.4, ABEP, 2012, 219-231. Understanding High Crime Rates in Latin America: The Role of Social and Policy Factors (with Joana Naritomi). In: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Edwards, and Ernesto Schargrodsky (editors). The Economics of Crime: Lessons for and from Latin America, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2010, 19-55. Drug Prohibition and Developing Countries: Uncertain Benefits, Certain Costs (with Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza). In: Philip Keefer and Norman Loayza (editors). Innocent Bystanders – Developing
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