I am a Research and Teaching Fellow in the Department of History, Economics and Society and the Paul Bairoch Institute of Economic History at the University of Geneva (UNIGE). I am also a research fellow of the World Inequality Lab.
My research interests cross political economy, economic history, macroeconomics, development and public economics. I mainly work on the measurement, history and institutional aspects of economic distribution, on how it relates to the macroeconomy, its development, and its politics, with a focus on Europe and Latin America. I also do work on policies for shared and sustainable prosperity.
You can view my CV here.
Research
Working Papers
From Local Land Economy to Global Capital Economy: The Transformation of Wealth in Ireland, 1950-2019 (with Pierce Daly).
Distributing Growth During Late-Development: New Insights from Long-Run Inequality in Brazil (with Pedro Souza).
More Unequal or Not as Rich? On the Missing Half of Latin American Income (with Mauricio De Rosa and Ignacio Flores).
The Inequality (or the Growth) we Measure: Data Gaps and the Distribution of Incomes (with Facundo Alvaredo, Mauricio De Rosa and Ignacio Flores).
Does Democratization Cause Redistribution? Evidence from Sweden and Brazil (with Erik Bengtsson).
Work in Progress
Capital in Ireland since 1850 (with Pierce Daly and Ronan Lyons).
Journal Articles
Top Income Adjustments and Inequality: An Investigation of the EU-SILC (with Rafael Carranza and Brian Nolan). The Review of Income and Wealth (Online version April 2022). [Working papers: University of Geneva Political Economy Working Papers No. 6/2021. World Inequality Lab Working Paper 2021/17. INET Oxford Working Paper No. 2021-16.]
The Weight of the Rich: Improving Surveys Using Tax Data (with Thomas Blanchet and Ignacio Flores). [Program webpage]. The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2022, 20 (1): 119-150.
Taxing Wealth: General Principles, International Perspectives and Lessons for Brazil (with Pedro Carvalho Junior). Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 41 (1): 44-64.
Extreme Inequality: Evidence from Brazil, India, the Middle East, and South Africa (with Lydia Assouad and Lucas Chancel). AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2018, 108: 119-23.
Book Chapters
Democracy and the Politicization of Inequality in Brazil, 1989-2018 (with Amory Gethin). In Political Cleavages, Party Systems and Social Inequalities, edited by A. Gethin, C. Martínez-Toledano and T. Piketty. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, forthcoming 2021. [Working Paper] [Data Appendix].
Historical Political Cleavages and Post-Crisis Transformations in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Ireland, 1953-2020 (with Luis Bauluz, Amory Gethin, and Clara Martínez-Toledano). In Political Cleavages, Party Systems and Social Inequalities, edited by A. Gethin, C. Martínez-Toledano and T. Piketty. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, forthcoming 2021. [Working Paper] [Data Appendix].
Perspectivas sobre a reforma fiscal no Brasil. In A Reforma Tributária Necessária – Menos Desigualdade: Proposta de Novo Desenho da Tributação Brasileira, edited by E. Fagnani. São Paulo: ANFIP, FENAFISCO, 2018 . [IPC-IG working paper in English].
Desigualdade de Renda, Crescimento e Tributação da Elite no Brasil: Novas Evidências Reunindo Dados de Pesquisas Domiciliares e Dados Fiscais. In Tributação e Desigualdade, edited by J. R. Afonso, M. R. Lukic, R. O. Orair and F. G. Silveira. Rio de Janeiro: Letramento & FGV Direito Rio, 2017.
Capital, Nationality, and State Sovereignty: New Links for the 21st Century. In Capital and Justice, edited by G. P. Lima and M. A. Madi. World Economics Association (WEA) Books, College Publications, 2017.
Methodological Publications
2020 Distributional National Accounts Update for Europe (with Theresa Neef). World Inequality Lab Technical Note 2020/04.
Inequality in Latin America Revisited: Insights from Distributional National Accounts (with Mauricio De Rosa and Ignacio Flores). World Inequality Lab Technical Note 2020/02.
Distributional National Accounts Guidelines: Methods and Concepts used in WID.world (with fellow wid.world coordinators and co-directors), September 2020.
Research Briefs
Inequality in Latin America Revisited: Insights from Distributional National Accounts (with Mauricio De Rosa and Ignacio Flores). World Inequality Lab Issue Brief 2020/09.
What’s New About Income Inequality in Europe (1980-2019)? (with Theresa Neef). World Inequality Lab Issue Brief 2020/04.
Rising Inequalities and Political Cleavages in Spain (with Amory Gethin and Clara Martínez-Toledano). WID.world Issue Brief 2019/4. [Spanish version]. Media coverage: eldiario.es and Expansión.
Brazil Divided: Hindsights on the Growing Politicisation of Inequality (with Amory Gethin). WID.world Issue Brief 2018/3. Media coverage: Valor Econômico and The Brazilian Report.
Book Reviews
Inequality and Legitimacy: Past, Present and Future. Review of Capital and Ideology by Thomas Piketty, Harvard University Press, 2020. Œconomia – History / Methodology / Philosophy, 2021, 11 (1).
The Reformation in Economics: Back to the Future. Review of The Reformation in Economics: A Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Economic Theory by Philip Pilkington, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. American Affairs, February 18, 2020.
Teaching
Les mesures de l'économie (bachelor, UNIGE)
History of International Economic Regulation (master, UNIGE)
Growth, distribution and politics: empirical perspectives (master, UNIGE)
Contributions to Policy Debates
Blog posts, press articles and interviews on economic policy and inequality.
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