Marcelo Barbosa Ferreira

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Princeton University (expected 2026), working under Professors David Lee and Owen Zidar. I specialize in labor markets and social insurance, using causal inference and large-scale administrative data to measure how people respond to income shocks and policy changes. I am a Gold Medalist of the Brazilian Mathematical Olympiad (OBMEP).

Resume (PDF) Email: marcelof[at]princeton.edu

Labor supply responses to a Very Large Income Shock: Evidence from Daughters of Brazilian Military Officers (Job Market Paper)

Leverages a large UBI-like pension in Brazil to estimate how income changes employment and earnings, finding that each dollar of transfers reduces labor earnings by $0.08.

The Welfare Effects of Tenure Requirements for Unemployment Insurance

Builds a welfare model for UI eligibility and applies it to a 2015 Brazilian reform, finding an efficiency cost of only $0.11 per dollar of transfer.

References

Professor David Lee - davidlee[at]princeton.edu
Professor Owen Zidar - ozidar[at]princeton.edu
Professor Simon Jäger - simon.jager[at]princeton.edu

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