Graduated in Economics from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), master in Economics from the University of São Paulo (USP) and PhD in Economics from Cornell University. He was a doctoral professor at the University of São Paulo, an assistant professor at Vanderbilt University and a visiting professor at Cornell University. He is currently Professor of Public Policy at the São Paulo School of Economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV EESP), coordinator of the Center for Applied Microeconomics (C-Micro) and director of FGV EESP Clear. He is a researcher at CNPq and works in the areas of public policy evaluation, labor market, education, and social policies.

She holds a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (2002), a master's degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro – PUC-Rio (2005) and a PhD in Economics from Columbia University (2010). She is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and an assistant professor at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro. She has experience in the field of Economics, with an emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics and Econometrics.

Graduated in Economics from the University of Brasília. Master in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago. Researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Economics (IBRE) of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) in Rio de Janeiro and professor at the Graduate School of Economics (EPGE) at FGV / RJ. Associate researcher at the Center for Studies in Growth and Economic Development at FGV / RJ. Author of several articles published in national and international academic journals in the areas of economic growth and development, education and social mobility.

He holds a bachelor's and master's degree in Economics from PUC-Rio (1985 and 1988) and a PhD in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley (2003). He is an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Economics at PUC-Rio. His main research area is in Labor Economics. His works have been published in prestigious international magazines, such as American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, Labor Economics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Economía: Journal of the Lacea, and in the main Brazilian scientific journals.

Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science and associate researcher in the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Institute for Fiscal Studies and International Growth Center. The main areas of research in which she works are Public Sector Economics, Public Policies and Economic Development. Joana holds a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University in 2014, a Master's in Economics from PUC-Rio in 2007 and a Bachelor of Economics from UFRJ in 2005. Between 2007 and 2008, she worked as a Consultant at the World Bank in Washington DC. She has articles published in the American Economic Review and the Journal of Economic History. Her research was mentioned by The New York Times, The Economist and Folha de São Paulo.

Bachelor in Economics. Experience in the area of Economics, with an emphasis on Economy and Regional Development, Economy of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Economy and Labor Market. Coordination of research in promotion of economic development, labor market and public management. He was Municipal Under-Secretary for Labor from 1997 to 2000. Manuel Thedim is executive director of the Institute for the Study of Labor and Society (IETS).

Graduated in Economics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ (1989), Master's in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) in Rio de Janeiro (1997) and doctorate in Economics from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) (2007). He is a researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) since 1998 and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) in Rio de Janeiro since 2009. He has experience in the area of Economics, with an emphasis on Human Resources Economics, working mainly on the following topics: labor economics, minimum wage, poverty, inequality and evaluation of social programs.

Ricardo Paes de Barros is an engineer from ITA, a master in statistics from IMPA and a doctor in Economics from the University of Chicago. He worked at IPEA for more than 30 years, dedicating himself to the themes of inequality and poverty, the labor market, and education. He was a visiting professor at Yale University, director of the Social Studies Council of IPEA, undersecretary for Strategic Actions at the Secretariat for Strategic Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic and president of the National Commission for Population and Development. He published several articles and books, receiving important awards in recognition of his work, such as the Haralambos Simeonidis, the Mario Henrique Simonsen Award and the first edition of the Celso Furtado Award in Social Studies, from the World Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the National Order of Scientific Merit and elected a full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. He is currently Full Professor at Insper, where he is dedicated to the use of scientific evidence to identify national challenges and formulate and evaluate public policies.