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Rodrigo Oliveira

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Research Associate @UNUWIDER | Development Economist | Views are my own. AXÉ. RIP Twitter. sites.google.com/view/rodrigo-c-oli…

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Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham @paulgp.com · 02/11/2025
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. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Que disse que não tem moqueca nos paísss nordicos?
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NBER @nber.org · 31/10/2025
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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Read our paper: www.nber.org/papers/w34406
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Carbon Taxation and Firm Behavior in Emerging Economies: Evidence from South Africa
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Key findings 4: 📉 limited evidence of green tech adoption or R&D in response to the tax.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Key findings 3: ⚙️ We observe heterogeneous effects depending on the level of allowances firms are exposed to
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Key findings 2: ✅ No negative impact on emissions.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Key findings 1: ✅ No negative impact on sales, profits, capital, or employment.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Policy Timeline and Descriptive Evidence
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🚨 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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
📍 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)
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨 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
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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...
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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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 · 18/07/2025
@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 · 17/07/2025
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 · 16/07/2025
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 · 09/07/2025
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 · 13/06/2025
A fantastic and timely summer school, thanks very much @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social and the @unu-wider.bsky.social team for organising!
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Mission accomplished 🚀
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Jessica Leight @leightjessica.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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 · 10/06/2025
@unu-wider.bsky.social
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
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 · 09/06/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
5/ and by differences in allowances take-up
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
4/ We show heterogeneous effects for the Manufacturing and Mining Sectors:
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
💡 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
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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...
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
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 · 15/05/2025
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 · 13/05/2025
3/ 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/...
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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 ...
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
2/ All data is free to download for non-commercial use. Plus, the WIID Explorer tool lets anyone easily visualize and analyze inequality over time. 🔗 WIID Explorer: www4.wider.unu.edu?ind=1&type=C...
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UNU-WIDER: WIID Explorer
Interactive data explorer for the The World Income Inequality Database (WIID) of the UN University WIDER.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
1/ WIID now includes: 26,000+ data points 4,000 unique country-year observations It’s easier than ever to explore long-run trends, regional patterns, and inequality within/between countries.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
📢 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... 🧵👇
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Congrats, Gabriel 👏👏👏
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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...
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Who benefits from job training programs? Evidence from a high-dosage program in Brazil
Using admission lotteries and registry data linking labor market outcomes, we study the short- and medium-term effects of a vocational training progra…
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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 05/05/2025
Every global region has seen a steep rise in mobile phone subscriptions
The visualization illustrates the increase in mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people across various global regions from the year 2000 to 2023. Each region is represented by a line graph with specific data points.

- North America: Increased from 38 subscriptions in 2000 to 110 in 2023.
- Europe and Central Asia: Rose from 34 in 2000 to 128 in 2023.
- Latin America and Caribbean: Grew from 12 in 2000 to 112 in 2023.
- East Asia and Pacific: Expanded from 11 in 2000 to 130 in 2023.
- Sub-Saharan Africa: Increased from 2 in 2000 to 89 in 2023.
- South Asia: Went from less than 1 in 2000 to 84 in 2023.

The chart notes that the data source is the World Bank with a publication year of 2025, and it explains that the number can exceed 100 in instances where individuals may have multiple subscriptions.
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Parabéns, Tiago 👏👏👏
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A good reason to post something again! Paper accepted at The World Bank Economic Review
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
😂😂😂
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Massive protests atm
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Lee Crawfurd @handle.invalid · 31/03/2025
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...
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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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
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UNU-WIDER @unu-wider.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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
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Rodrigo Oliveira @rodrigooliveira.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Celebrating @unu-wider.bsky.social 40 years anniversary
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