Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira

[Diego Puga @ProfDiegoPuga]

f) @pcgFerreira, Monge-Naranjo & @lucienetmp, @JPolEcon. In Brazil, slum/rural schools ranking varies with parents’ education. Slums help low-educated families access urban jobs and schooling, but act as intergenerational barrier for more educated families https://t.co/aj7Qm9DdpS

[Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira @pcgFerreira]

Matéria sobre os surrealistas problemas de visto de Júlia, minha filha, no Globo.

https://t.co/P1Q3pSZpdy

[Lucas Mariano @lucas_cmariano]

Takeaway: Trade doesn’t just impact jobs—it shapes where people live & under what conditions.
Brazil’s experience reveals that export booms can redirect migration and dampen slum expansion.

New lens for thinking about globalization & urbanization in developing countries.

[Lucas Mariano @lucas_cmariano]

I’m thrilled that my paper “Trade Shock, Slums and Structural Transformation: Changing Rural-Urban Migration Opportunities“ joint with Luciene Pereira @lucienetmp was accepted for presentation at the 2025 Econometric Society world congress!

[Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira @lucienetmp]

Some years ago, I took a decision to leave financial sector (after an enriching and learning period, I must say) and move back to academia. These achievements make me believe that I am in the right direction.Looking forward to enjoying even more the academic journey!

[Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira @lucienetmp]

Beyond happy to share that our paper “Of Cities and Slums” (with Alexander Monge-Naranjo and Pedro Cavalcanti Ferreira) has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Political Economy!

[Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira @lucienetmp]

In the same week, two great news! My other paper “Capital Misallocation and Economic Development in a Dynamic Open Economy” (coauthored with Bruno Delalibera, Heron Rios and Rafael Serrano-Quintero) got a revise & resubmit in the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control.