Rodrigo Oliveira
@rodrigooliveira.bsky.social
Research Associate @UNUWIDER | Development Economist | Views are my own. AXÉ. RIP Twitter. https://sites.google.com/view/rodrigo-c-oliveira/home
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November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
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This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
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Que disse que não tem moqueca nos paísss nordicos?
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Que disse que não tem moqueca nos paísss nordicos?
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Providing comprehensive evidence on how firms in emerging economies respond to carbon taxation, from Johannes Gallé, Rodrigo Oliveira, Daniel Overbeck, Nadine Riedel, and Edson R. Severnini www.nber.org/papers/w34406
October 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Providing comprehensive evidence on how firms in emerging economies respond to carbon taxation, from Johannes Gallé, Rodrigo Oliveira, Daniel Overbeck, Nadine Riedel, and Edson R. Severnini www.nber.org/papers/w34406
🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🚨 New Research on Carbon Taxation in Emerging Economies 🚨
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
What happens when a large emerging economy introduces a carbon tax?
Our new paper studies South Africa—the first African country to implement a nationwide carbon tax
@unu-wider.bsky.social @nber.org
🚨 Hiring: Research Assistant (Consultant) at @unu-wider.bsky.social
🌍 Project: Reducing Persistent Inequalities Across & Within Countries
💡 Focus: drivers of inequality, effective policies, net-zero transition impacts
www.wider.unu.edu/opportunity/...
📑 EUR 3,430/month (FTE), consultant contract
🌍 Project: Reducing Persistent Inequalities Across & Within Countries
💡 Focus: drivers of inequality, effective policies, net-zero transition impacts
www.wider.unu.edu/opportunity/...
📑 EUR 3,430/month (FTE), consultant contract
UNU-WIDER : Research Assistant, Consultant contract (full-time or part-time)
UNU-WIDER is looking for an outstanding individual with strong commitment and potential to support the Institute’s “Reducing Inequalities Across and Within Countries” programme. Closing date: 12 Octob...
www.wider.unu.edu
September 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🚨 Hiring: Research Assistant (Consultant) at @unu-wider.bsky.social
🌍 Project: Reducing Persistent Inequalities Across & Within Countries
💡 Focus: drivers of inequality, effective policies, net-zero transition impacts
www.wider.unu.edu/opportunity/...
📑 EUR 3,430/month (FTE), consultant contract
🌍 Project: Reducing Persistent Inequalities Across & Within Countries
💡 Focus: drivers of inequality, effective policies, net-zero transition impacts
www.wider.unu.edu/opportunity/...
📑 EUR 3,430/month (FTE), consultant contract
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Don't miss this call for papers!
UNU-WIDER 2026 Conference seeks papers on:
🔹 Global governance & debt crisis
🔹 South-South trade & tech transfer
🔹 Green industrialization
🔹 Inclusive growth strategies
Submit by 1 Sept
🔗 go.unu.edu/hdUtm
UNU-WIDER 2026 Conference seeks papers on:
🔹 Global governance & debt crisis
🔹 South-South trade & tech transfer
🔹 Green industrialization
🔹 Inclusive growth strategies
Submit by 1 Sept
🔗 go.unu.edu/hdUtm
August 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Don't miss this call for papers!
UNU-WIDER 2026 Conference seeks papers on:
🔹 Global governance & debt crisis
🔹 South-South trade & tech transfer
🔹 Green industrialization
🔹 Inclusive growth strategies
Submit by 1 Sept
🔗 go.unu.edu/hdUtm
UNU-WIDER 2026 Conference seeks papers on:
🔹 Global governance & debt crisis
🔹 South-South trade & tech transfer
🔹 Green industrialization
🔹 Inclusive growth strategies
Submit by 1 Sept
🔗 go.unu.edu/hdUtm
Sobre o Pix, países Nordicos tem sistema similar a quase uma década. Dinamarca, Finlandia (Mobile Pay), e Suécia (Swish). Não há acusações sobre concorrência desleal similares a que o governo Trump faz em relação ao Brasil.
July 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Sobre o Pix, países Nordicos tem sistema similar a quase uma década. Dinamarca, Finlandia (Mobile Pay), e Suécia (Swish). Não há acusações sobre concorrência desleal similares a que o governo Trump faz em relação ao Brasil.
After a great week in DC, I landed in Salvador-Brazil for meetings, seminar and a workshop in my alma mater! Of course the highlight was Mel, the “security” dog using her sweater because it was freezing (22 degrees 😅)
July 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
After a great week in DC, I landed in Salvador-Brazil for meetings, seminar and a workshop in my alma mater! Of course the highlight was Mel, the “security” dog using her sweater because it was freezing (22 degrees 😅)
A huge thank you to Luis Felipe López-Calva for inviting us @unu-wider.bsky.social to be part of such a rich and inspiring event. This event helped set the stage for the 11th ECINEQ Conference, and we contribute debating how tax data can be used to study poverty and inequality in LMICs
July 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A huge thank you to Luis Felipe López-Calva for inviting us @unu-wider.bsky.social to be part of such a rich and inspiring event. This event helped set the stage for the 11th ECINEQ Conference, and we contribute debating how tax data can be used to study poverty and inequality in LMICs
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A fantastic and timely summer school, thanks very much @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social and the @unu-wider.bsky.social team for organising!
The 2025 UNU-WIDER Summer School wraps up today in Helsinki! 🎓 A huge thank you to all participants, especially the emerging scholars tackling intergenerational social mobility. Stay tuned for their impactful research on ensuring societies Leave No One Behind. More info: go.unu.edu/P8JTH
June 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A fantastic and timely summer school, thanks very much @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social and the @unu-wider.bsky.social team for organising!
The blog of my paper with Yuri Barreto was just published. Thank you so much Vox Dev for supporting my research again. The paper will be available at The World Bank Economic Review soon. You can check my webpage for the working paper version and an AI-generated podcast of it
🆕 A blight on growth: The generational fallout of Brazil’s cocoa collapse
Today on VoxDev, Yuri Barreto (Università Bocconi) & @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social (@unu-wider.bsky.social) discuss the far-reaching consequences of crop disease in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDev, Yuri Barreto (Università Bocconi) & @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social (@unu-wider.bsky.social) discuss the far-reaching consequences of crop disease in Brazil: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
A blight on growth: The generational fallout of Brazil’s cocoa collapse
The witches’ broom disease in Brazil decimated cocoa plantations, resulting in disrupted livelihoods, altered labour contracts, and reduced educational and earnings outcomes in the long term.
voxdev.org
June 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The blog of my paper with Yuri Barreto was just published. Thank you so much Vox Dev for supporting my research again. The paper will be available at The World Bank Economic Review soon. You can check my webpage for the working paper version and an AI-generated podcast of it
Mission accomplished 🚀
The 2025 UNU-WIDER Summer School wraps up today in Helsinki! 🎓 A huge thank you to all participants, especially the emerging scholars tackling intergenerational social mobility. Stay tuned for their impactful research on ensuring societies Leave No One Behind. More info: go.unu.edu/P8JTH
June 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Mission accomplished 🚀
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Starting recap 🧵for day 2 of the @unuwider conference. 1st presentation @DiogoBrittoBr @LucasWarwar presents patterns of [low] intergenerational mobility in Brazil; though estimates are higher than they would be if not accounting for informal income; joint w/@Brenorsampaio
June 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Starting recap 🧵for day 2 of the @unuwider conference. 1st presentation @DiogoBrittoBr @LucasWarwar presents patterns of [low] intergenerational mobility in Brazil; though estimates are higher than they would be if not accounting for informal income; joint w/@Brenorsampaio
Thrilled to see my guidebook (go.unu.edu/SJ9xs) alongside Amartya Sen’s seminal work—both his classic first-ever @unu-wider.bsky.social working paper (lnkd.in/gdhbVFGn) and his book Hunger and Public Action! 📘✨ #WIDERDevConf2025
June 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Thrilled to see my guidebook (go.unu.edu/SJ9xs) alongside Amartya Sen’s seminal work—both his classic first-ever @unu-wider.bsky.social working paper (lnkd.in/gdhbVFGn) and his book Hunger and Public Action! 📘✨ #WIDERDevConf2025
Kicking off @UNUWIDER #WIDERDevConf2025 with powerful insights: 🌍 Social protection is foundational, 💼 employment is the engine of development, and 💡 bold thinking is key in a world of crisis. The urgency for inclusive, evidence-based action has never been clearer.
June 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Kicking off @UNUWIDER #WIDERDevConf2025 with powerful insights: 🌍 Social protection is foundational, 💼 employment is the engine of development, and 💡 bold thinking is key in a world of crisis. The urgency for inclusive, evidence-based action has never been clearer.
💡 New study Alert: 💡
In this paper, @doverbeckecon.bsky.social , @jojoga.bsky.social Nadine Riedel, Edson Severnini and I examine firm-level responses to South Africa’s 2019 carbon tax—the first of its kind on the African continent. 🇿🇦🌍
@unu-wider.bsky.social working paper: go.unu.edu/DrinZ
In this paper, @doverbeckecon.bsky.social , @jojoga.bsky.social Nadine Riedel, Edson Severnini and I examine firm-level responses to South Africa’s 2019 carbon tax—the first of its kind on the African continent. 🇿🇦🌍
@unu-wider.bsky.social working paper: go.unu.edu/DrinZ
UNU-WIDER : Working Paper : Carbon taxation and firm behaviour in emerging economies
This paper provides the first comprehensive analysis of how firms in emerging economies respond to carbon taxation, leveraging detailed administrative data from South Africa—a potential trailblazer fo...
go.unu.edu
May 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
💡 New study Alert: 💡
In this paper, @doverbeckecon.bsky.social , @jojoga.bsky.social Nadine Riedel, Edson Severnini and I examine firm-level responses to South Africa’s 2019 carbon tax—the first of its kind on the African continent. 🇿🇦🌍
@unu-wider.bsky.social working paper: go.unu.edu/DrinZ
In this paper, @doverbeckecon.bsky.social , @jojoga.bsky.social Nadine Riedel, Edson Severnini and I examine firm-level responses to South Africa’s 2019 carbon tax—the first of its kind on the African continent. 🇿🇦🌍
@unu-wider.bsky.social working paper: go.unu.edu/DrinZ
📢 Big news for inequality researchers & policy-makers!
@unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid...
🧵👇
@unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid...
🧵👇
May 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
📢 Big news for inequality researchers & policy-makers!
@unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid...
🧵👇
@unu-wider.bsky.social has just released a major update to the World Income Inequality Database (WIID) — the most comprehensive source of global income inequality data.
www.wider.unu.edu/news/unu-wid...
🧵👇
I wrote a blog post reflecting on my recent paper published in the Journal of Development Economics, where I examine the impacts of a major job training programme in Brazil.
📄 Journal article:
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📄 Journal article:
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I wrote a blog post reflecting on my recent paper published in the Journal of Development Economics, where I examine the impacts of a major job training programme in Brazil.
📄 Journal article:
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
📄 Journal article:
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Every global region has seen a steep rise in mobile phone subscriptions
May 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Every global region has seen a steep rise in mobile phone subscriptions
Weekend in the woods with the @unu-wider.bsky.social PhD fellows
The dog, Nino, hasn't started the PhD. He is part of the WIDER well-being committee
The dog, Nino, hasn't started the PhD. He is part of the WIDER well-being committee
May 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Weekend in the woods with the @unu-wider.bsky.social PhD fellows
The dog, Nino, hasn't started the PhD. He is part of the WIDER well-being committee
The dog, Nino, hasn't started the PhD. He is part of the WIDER well-being committee
A good reason to post something again! Paper accepted at The World Bank Economic Review
May 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A good reason to post something again! Paper accepted at The World Bank Economic Review
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What's that, you want a round-up of papers presented at the @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference last week?
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
March 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What's that, you want a round-up of papers presented at the @oxfordcsae.bsky.social conference last week?
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
www.cgdev.org/blog/what-ec...
Reposted by Rodrigo Oliveira
Our latest issue of WIDERAngle newsletter is out now!
Dive into upcoming events, explore highlights from UNU-WIDER’s past year in our Annual Report, celebrate 40 years of power of shared knowledge, and discover new opportunities—all in one place!
Read the newsletter now: go.unu.edu/Hc6qT
Dive into upcoming events, explore highlights from UNU-WIDER’s past year in our Annual Report, celebrate 40 years of power of shared knowledge, and discover new opportunities—all in one place!
Read the newsletter now: go.unu.edu/Hc6qT
March 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Our latest issue of WIDERAngle newsletter is out now!
Dive into upcoming events, explore highlights from UNU-WIDER’s past year in our Annual Report, celebrate 40 years of power of shared knowledge, and discover new opportunities—all in one place!
Read the newsletter now: go.unu.edu/Hc6qT
Dive into upcoming events, explore highlights from UNU-WIDER’s past year in our Annual Report, celebrate 40 years of power of shared knowledge, and discover new opportunities—all in one place!
Read the newsletter now: go.unu.edu/Hc6qT
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Tonight in Helsinki, we celebrate UNU-WIDER’s 40th anniversary! 🎉 This evening, we will have discussions on Financing for Development amidst Global Shocks with renowned speakers. Stay tuned for highlights!
#WIDER40 #GlobalDevelopment #FinancingForDevelopment
#WIDER40 #GlobalDevelopment #FinancingForDevelopment
March 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tonight in Helsinki, we celebrate UNU-WIDER’s 40th anniversary! 🎉 This evening, we will have discussions on Financing for Development amidst Global Shocks with renowned speakers. Stay tuned for highlights!
#WIDER40 #GlobalDevelopment #FinancingForDevelopment
#WIDER40 #GlobalDevelopment #FinancingForDevelopment
Celebrating @unu-wider.bsky.social 40 years anniversary
March 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Celebrating @unu-wider.bsky.social 40 years anniversary