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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 12d

📍 Must already have right to work in Finland/EU

🎓 Requirements:

MA in Econ (PhD studies a plus)

Strong econometrics + data skills

Advanced R (or Stata)

Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 12d

🚨 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

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

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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

An image advertising a call for papers for the 2026 WIDER Development Conference.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jul 18

@npto.bsky.social sobre o episodio de hj do Foro, uma perspectiva mais ampla sobre o pix nesse post. Outro caso é o mobile money, que revolucionou transações financeiras na Africa www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/rtnbb...

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jul 17

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.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jul 16

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 😅)

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jul 9

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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Tim Köhler @timkohler.bsky.social · Jun 13

A fantastic and timely summer school, thanks very much @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social and the @unu-wider.bsky.social team for organising!

UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

Group photo from UNU-WIDER 2025 Summer School.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jun 25

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

VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Jun 25

🆕 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...

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

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jun 13

Mission accomplished 🚀

UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · Jun 13

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

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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · Jun 10

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

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jun 10

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jun 10

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

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · Jun 9

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.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

6/ 🤔 Why the positive response? Yes, we show mechanisms:

Firms likely:

-Resolved regulatory uncertainty
-Anticipated future costs
-No significant rise in R&D
-Only marginal increase in tech-related imports

Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

5/ and by differences in allowances take-up

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

4/ We show heterogeneous effects for the Manufacturing and Mining Sectors:

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

3/ ✅ Main findings: No evidence of negative impacts on sales, profits, capital, or jobs.

Instead, firms increased activity post-announcement. Think:
🔼 Sales
🔼 Employment
🔼 Capital
🔼 Profits

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

2/ 📊 Using tax admin data (2011–2021), we track how manufacturing & mining firms reacted to the tax’s announcement in 2015 and implementation in 2019.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

💡 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

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

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Só ressaltando, a informação acima é o que eu falaria numa mesa de bar e não em sala de aula 😂 (vai que aparece algum maluco)

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Em setores específicos como IT, Games, e Finanças. Ou os que conseguem subir muito rápido na carreira por possuir qualidades específicas. Mas ai nesse caso, como o artigo tbm cita, o IR alto achata a desigualdade. O cara que ganha 8k bruto paga 40% de imposto e quem ganha 4k, 22%….

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Adicionando minha percepção (zero ciência) de quatro anos na Finlandia. O gap salarial entre profissões é muito baixo. Um especialista em Z com 5 anos de experiencia vai ganhar no máximo 2k/eu bruto a mais comparado a um bartender em um bom restaurante (sem gorjeta). As exceções sao profissionais …

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 15

Precisa também de confiança de que o sindicato não é corrupto e serve aos trabalhadores e não a politico/partido A ou B. Além disso, os sindicatos por aqui não parecem ser redutos de militantes profissionais.

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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · May 13

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Curious about what the data shows?

Check out new research by WIID team members—including Rahul Lahoti—who highlight the persistence of within-country inequality, even as global inequality evolves. www.wider.unu.edu/publication/...

UNU-WIDER : Blog : Persistent trends in the latest world income inequality data

UNU-WIDER has just released the latest version of the World Income Inequality Database (WIID). This release brings the world’s most comprehensive collection of income inequality statistics up to date ...

www.wider.unu.edu

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