Research Interests
Income Inequality, Gender Wage Discrimination,Students Performance, Quantile Regression
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Guimaraes, J. and Sampaio, B. Family background and students' achievement on a university entrance exam in Brazil, (2013) Education EconomicsGuimaraes, J., Sampaio, B. and Sampaio, Y. What is Behind University Dropout Decision in Brazil? A bivariate Probability Model, (2010) The Empirical Economics Letters
Cavalcanti, T.V.D., Guimaraes, J. and Sampaio, B. Barriers to Skill Acquisition in Brazil: Public and Private School Students Performance in a Public University Entrance Exam, (2010) The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
Cavalcanti, T.V.D., Guimaraes, J. and Nogueira, J. Is Brazil the Land of Happiness? A Comparative Study Using a Sample with Economics Students from UFPE and Purdue, (2009) Brazilian Review of Econometrics