Testimonials

Specialists in economics and public policy give their testimony on IMDS and the challenges that lay ahead of it



André Portela

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 Fundação Getulio Vargas (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.

Cecilia Machado

Holds a degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2002), a master’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (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 Fundação Getulio Vargas-RJ. She has experience in the field of Economics, with an emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Labor Economics and Econometrics.



Fernando Veloso

Graduated in Economics from the University of Brasília. Master’s 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.

Joana Naritomi

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.



Miguel Foguel

Graduated in Economics from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (1989), has a Master's in economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (1997) and a doctorate in Economics from the Universidade Federal Fluminense (2007). He is a researcher at the Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA) since 1998 and professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of 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.



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