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Mateus Maciel

@mateusamaciel.bsky.social

PhD student in #Economics at Uni Tübingen 🇩🇪 |Public Finance | Development Economics 📈 sites.google.com/view/mateusmaciel/…

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Universität Tübingen @unituebingen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Die Zahl lesbischer und schwuler Trauungen stieg nach der Wahl Jair Bolsonaros im Jahr 2018 zum Präsidenten vorübergehend sprunghaft an – den stärksten Anstieg gab es vor dem Amtsantritt in Hochburgen Bolsonaros: 👉 sohub.io/98yq #Brasilien

Zwei goldene Eheringe auf einer Regenbogenflagge, darunter Text: Brasilien: Schnell noch heiraten aus Angst das Recht auf gleichgeschlechtliche Ehe zu verlieren

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A perceived threat to rights is enough to trigger immediate responses in deeply personal decisions, even when no legal change is possible. Therefore, political leadership and public sentiment matter beyond formal legal protections. (5/5)

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

3)No subsequent drop: these were not marriages merely pulled forward, but marriages that likely would not have happened otherwise. 4)It concentrates where private health insurance coverage is low, which is consistent with marriage as legal and economic protection. (4/n)

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

1)A 10 p.p. higher vote share for Bolsonaro → a ~85% increase in same-sex marriages in the month before he took office. 2)The effect is considerably stronger for lesbian than for gay couples. (3/n)

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

With Sara Parente and @zuchowskidavid.bsky.social, we investigate how do same-sex couples react when an openly homophobic leader is elected. Exploiting municipal variation in support for Jair Bolsonaro in the 2018 Brazilian presidential election, in a DiD design, we find: (2/n)

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am very happy to share that our paper "Rushing to the altar? Same-sex marriages when rights feel at risk" is out in the Journal of Population Economics (with open access) 📈 (1/n) Link: lnkd.in/eu5KzcKM

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Together with @zuchowskidavid.bsky.social, we study how a large inflow of Ukrainian refugees to Poland shaped local crime perception. Most research looks at actual crime, but much less at how migration affects perceived safety. Using a new dataset on safety concerns, we explore this link 📈

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David Zuchowski @zuchowskidavid.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

📢 New Working Paper! 🔍💡Most empirical research finds that immigration has no effect on crime. Nevertheless, public concerns about immigration and crime persist, possibly driven by misperceptions.

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Luca Salvadori @lvsalvadori.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@mateusamaciel.bsky.social presents “Digital Highways to Development” @taxobservatory.bsky.social @fundacioieb.bsky.social WS Using Brazil’s staggered 3G/4G rollout, he shows that better mobile internet boosts economic activity—and local tax revenues. Infrastructure as a path out of the poverty trap

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Mateus Maciel @mateusamaciel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

It was an amazing experience! Thanks for all the comments 😁📈

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Catherine Michaud-Leclerc @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Now we have @mateusamaciel.bsky.social (Universität Tübingen) presenting on “Digital Highways to Development: Mobile Internet, Economic Growth, and Tax Revenues”. @vitorpossebom.bsky.social (Sao Paulo School of Economics) will be discussing! More on Mateus' work: sites.google.com/view/mateusm...

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Mateus Maciel

I am a PhD candidate at the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Research interests: Public Finance and Development Economics. Contact information: Research School of International Taxation Mohlstraße...

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