Curriculum Vitae

Education

 

PhD in Economics, 2020 – 2024 

University of Coimbra/University of Minho

Thesis: Robots, Artificial Intelligence and Economic Growth

Portugal

 

Master’s degree in Economics, 2018-2020

Thesis: Human Capital Disparities and Earnings Inequality in the Portuguese Private Labour Market

ECTS Classification: A

University of Coimbra

Portugal

 

Undergraduate Degree in Economics, 2012-2016

ECTS Classification: A

Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Diploma recognized by the University of Coimbra

Brazil

 

Undergraduate Degree in Journalism, 2007-2011

Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Brazil

 

Working Papers

 

  1. Artificial Intelligence and the Discovery of New Ideas: Is an Economic Growth Explosion Imminent?

IZA Institute of Labor Economics.

      With Wim Naudé and Tiago Sequeira

 

  1. Automation and Fertility

University of Coimbra.

With Tiago Sequeira

 

Peer-Reviewed Publications

 

  1. Robots at Work: New Evidence with Recent Data

The Manchester School.

With Tiago Sequeira

 

  1. Are Robots, Software, ICT and Physical Capital related to productivity? A panel quantile approach

Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

With Tiago Sequeira

 

  1. Technological Knowledge and wages: from skill premium to wage polarization

Journal of Economics.

With Óscar Afonso and Tiago Sequeira

 

  1. Human capital disparities and earnings inequality in the Portuguese private labor market

Social Indicators Research.

With João A.S. Andrade, Adelaide Duarte & Marta Simões

 

Books

 

Crescimento Econômico: Uma Abordagem Moderna e Novas Tendências – 2nd Edition (Textbook)

Wrote a chapter about the main theoretical implications of task-based models in the study of increased automation

With Óscar Afonso, Paulo Vasconcellos, Pedro Neves & Tiago Sequeira

 

Crescimento Econômico (Exercises)

Proposed and solved exercises for chapters on Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans (RCK) model & Task-based and Automation models

With Óscar Afonso, Paulo Vasconcellos, Pedro Neves, Tiago Sequeira, Marcelo Santos, Joshua Duarte, Ana Sofia Monteiro & Pedro Lima

 

Work Experience

 

RWTH Aachen University

Visiting PhD Researcher, 2023

Germany

 

MB Associados, Consultancy Firm

Economist – Department of Macroeconomics, 2014-2018

Brazil

 

Santander

Financial Product Analyst, 2012-2013

Brazil

 

Máquina Cohn & Wolf

Senior Public Relations Consultant – Department of Financial Firms, 2011-2012

Brazil

 

VEJA Magazine

Economics Journalist, 2010- 2011

Brazil

 

Awards, Academic Achievements and Grants

 

2023 – Grant by the National Science & Technology Foundation of Portugal to be Visiting Researcher at RWTH University, Germany

2020 – National Science & Technology Foundation of Portugal (FCT), full PhD fellowship

2019 – Centre for Business and Economics Research (CeBER)/FCT scholarship

2019 – Prize for best student of the Master’s in Economics – University of Coimbra

2016 – Prize for best student and undergraduate monograph work in Economics – Mackenzie Presbyterian University and Regional Council of Economists – São Paulo (CORECON-SP)

 

Languages

 

English – C1(written) and C2 (spoken), Cambridge University (CPE)

Portuguese – Native speaker