Details about Francisco H. G. Ferreira

Homepage:	https://www.lse.ac.uk/International-Inequalities/People/Francisco-H.-G.-Ferreira
Phone:	+447958018168
Workplace:	International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics (LSE), (more information at EDIRC) Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2006

Inequality of opportunity and economic development
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (13)
See also Journal Article Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (68) (2008)
The rise and fall of Brazilian inequality, 1981-2004
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (14)
See also Journal Article THE RISE AND FALL OF BRAZILIAN INEQUALITY: 1981–2004, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Cambridge University Press (2008) View citations (44) (2008)

2004

Actividades rurales no agrícolas y pobreza en el Nordeste de Brasil
Seminarios y Conferencias, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
Can the distributional impacts of macroeconomic shocks be predicted? A comparison of the performance of macro-micro models with historical data for Brazil
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (12)

2003

Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling and Child Labor: Micro-Simulating Bolsa Escola
DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure)
Also in Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2003) View citations (15)
Inequality of Outcomes and Inequality of Opportunities in Brasil
DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure)
Also in William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (2003) View citations (37)
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2003) View citations (43)
Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2003) View citations (52)
Meeting the millennium development goals in Brazil: can microeconomic simulations help?
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library
See also Journal Article Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil: Can Microeconomic Simulations Help?, Economía Journal, The Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association - LACEA (2003) View citations (19) (2003)
Policy options for meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil: can micro-simulations help?
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (18)

2002

A robust poverty profile for Brazil using multiple data sources
FGV EPGE Economics Working Papers (Ensaios Economicos da EPGE), EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil) View citations (35)
See also Journal Article A Robust Poverty Profile for Brazil Using Multiple Data Sources, Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil) (2003) View citations (34) (2003)
Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for Differences in Household Income Distributions Across Countries
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (43)
Also in DELTA Working Papers, DELTA (Ecole normale supérieure) (2002)
Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) (2002) View citations (37)
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) View citations (39)
Educational expansion and income distribution. A Micro-Simulation for Ceará
Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) View citations (5)
Ex-ante Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Bolsa Escola
William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (37)
Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2002) View citations (31)
Qualidade e eqüidade na educação fundamental brasileira
Textos para discussão, Department of Economics PUC-Rio (Brazil) View citations (1)

2001

A New Poverty Profile For Brazil Using PPV, PNAD And Census Data
Anais do XXIX Encontro Nacional de Economia [Proceedings of the 29th Brazilian Economics Meeting], ANPEC - AssociaÃ§Ã£o Nacional dos Centros de PÃ³s-GraduaÃ§Ã£o em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics] View citations (13)
The Effects of Expanding Education on the Distribution of Income in Ceará: A Microsimulation
WIDER Working Paper Series, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

2000

The urban poor in Brazil in 1996: a new poverty profile using PPV, PNAD and census data
Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones), Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) View citations (10)

1999

Protecting the poor from macroeconomic shocks
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (24)
The slippery slope: explaining the increase in extreme poverty in urban Brazil, 1976-96
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (30)

1998

Calm after the storms: income distribution in Chile, 1987-94
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (5)
Education or Inflation? The Roles of Structural Factors and Macroeconomic Instability in Explaining Brazilian Inequality in the 1980s
STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (3)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1998) View citations (2)

1997

Economic transition and the distributions of income and wealth
Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (8)
See also Journal Article Economic transition and the distributions of income and wealth, The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1999) View citations (24) (1999)

1996

Growing Apart: Inequality and Poverty Trends in Brazil in the 1980s
STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (4)
Income Distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches
STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (6)
See also Journal Article Income Distribution In Brazil 1981-1990 Parametric and Non-Parametric Approach, Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc. (1999) (1999)

1995

Roads to Equality: Wealth Distribution Dynamics with Public-Private Capital Complementarity
STICERD - Theoretical Economics Paper Series, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE View citations (33)
Also in LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library (1995) View citations (24)

Journal Articles

2023

Martin Ravallion (1952–2022): In Memoriam
Review of Income and Wealth, 2023, 69, (1), 262-264
Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy: evidence from China and India
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2023, 21, (3), 743-773
See also Working Paper Occupational dualism and intergenerational educational mobility in the rural economy: evidence from China and India, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2022

Labor Market Experience and Falling Earnings Inequality in Brazil: 1995–2012
The World Bank Economic Review, 2022, 36, (1), 37-67 View citations (2)
See also Working Paper Labor market experience and falling earnings inequality in Brazil: 1995–2012, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
Not all inequalities are alike
Nature, 2022, 606, (7915), 646-649

2021

Lives and livelihoods: Estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic
World Development, 2021, 146, (C) View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Lives and livelihoods: estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2021) View citations (5) (2021)

2019

Actual and counterfactual growth incidence and delta Lorenz curves: Estimation and inference
Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34, (3), 385-402 View citations (7)

2018

Inequality of Opportunity and Economic Growth: How Much Can Cross‐Country Regressions Really Tell Us?
Review of Income and Wealth, 2018, 64, (4), 800-827 View citations (29)

2017

Tony Atkinson and his Legacy
Review of Income and Wealth, 2017, 63, (3), 411-444 View citations (3)
See also Working Paper Tony Atkinson and his Legacy, Post-Print (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2016

A global count of the extreme poor in 2012: data issues, methodology and initial results
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (2), 141-172 View citations (103)
Also in The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2016, 14, (2), 141-172 (2016) View citations (75)
See also Working Paper A Global Count of the Extreme Poor in 2012: Data Issues, Methodology and Initial Results, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (33) (2015)

2015

Appraising cross-national income inequality databases: An introduction
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2015, 13, (4), 497-526 View citations (64)
See also Working Paper Appraising Cross-National Income Inequality Databases: An Introduction, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (68) (2015)

2014

A note from Francisco H. G. Ferreira, outgoing editor-in-chief
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2014, 12, (1), 1-2
Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes
Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2014, 6, (1), 1-43 View citations (116)
Growth and Poverty Reduction in Africa
Review of Environment, Energy and Economics - Re3, 2014 View citations (3)
The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity
The World Bank Economic Review, 2014, 28, (2), 210-246 View citations (83)
See also Working Paper The Measurement of Educational Inequality: Achievement and Opportunity, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2014) View citations (68) (2014)

2013

Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil: A Corrigendum
Review of Income and Wealth, 2013, 59, (3), 551-555 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Inequality of Opportunity in Brazil: A Corrigendum, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2013) View citations (13) (2013)
Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Looking for a Middle Ground
The World Bank Research Observer, 2013, 28, (2), 220-235 View citations (58)
See also Working Paper Multidimensional Poverty Analysis: Looking for a Middle Ground, IZA Policy Papers (2012) View citations (15) (2012)
Relative Effectiveness of Conditional and Unconditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Systematic Review
Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2013, 9, (1), 1-124 View citations (69)
Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008
Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2013, 64, (1), 151-176 View citations (22)
See also Working Paper Rising Food Prices and Household Welfare: Evidence from Brazil in 2008, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (20) (2011)

2012

Inequality of Opportunity Around the World: What Do We Know So Far?
World Bank - Inequality in Focus, 2012, 1, (1), 8 - 11 View citations (5)
Is There a Metropolitan Bias? The relationship between poverty and city size in a selection of developing countries
The World Bank Economic Review, 2012, 26, (3), 351-382 View citations (46)

2011

Measuring inequality of opportunity with imperfect data: the case of Turkey
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (4), 651-680 View citations (90)
See also Working Paper Measuring Inequality of Opportunity with Imperfect Data: the case of Turkey, PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) (2011) View citations (75) (2011)
Poverty is multidimensional. But what are we going to do about it?
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9, (3), 493-495 View citations (32)
THE INFORMAL ECONOMY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: AN INTRODUCTION
Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, S1-S7 View citations (10)
THE MEASUREMENT OF INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY: THEORY AND AN APPLICATION TO LATIN AMERICA
Review of Income and Wealth, 2011, 57, (4), 622-657 View citations (362)
See also Working Paper The measurement of inequality of opportunity: theory and an application to Latin America, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2008) View citations (85) (2008)

2010

Poverty reduction without economic growth?: Explaining Brazil's poverty dynamics, 1985-2004
Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93, (1), 20-36 View citations (66)
See also Working Paper Poverty reduction without economic growth ? explaining Brazil's poverty dynamics, 1985-2004, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2007) View citations (12) (2007)

2009

Introduction to a special issue on “inequality, politics and power”
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2009, 7, (1), 3-4

2008

Beyond Oaxaca–Blinder: Accounting for differences in household income distributions
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2008, 6, (2), 117-148 View citations (82)
See also Working Paper Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for differences in household income distributions, Post-Print (2008) View citations (74) (2008)
Local inequality and project choice: Theory and evidence from Ecuador
Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (5-6), 1022-1046 View citations (68)
See also Working Paper Local inequality and project choice: theory and evidence from Ecuador, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (13) (2006)
THE RISE AND FALL OF BRAZILIAN INEQUALITY: 1981–2004
Macroeconomic Dynamics, 2008, 12, (S2), 199-230 View citations (44)
See also Working Paper The rise and fall of Brazilian inequality, 1981-2004, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2006) View citations (14) (2006)

2007

Equity, efficiency and inequality traps: A research agenda
The Journal of Economic Inequality, 2007, 5, (2), 235-256 View citations (95)
See also Working Paper Equity, efficiency and inequality traps: A research agenda, Post-Print (2007) View citations (72) (2007)
INEQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY IN BRAZIL
Review of Income and Wealth, 2007, 53, (4), 585-618 View citations (275)
See also Working Paper Inequality of opportunity in Brazil, Post-Print (2007) View citations (247) (2007)
Inefficient lobbying, populism and oligarchy
Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (5-6), 993-1021 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Inefficient lobbying, populism and oligarchy, Scholarly Articles (2007) View citations (18) (2007)

2003

A Robust Poverty Profile for Brazil Using Multiple Data Sources
Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, 2003, 57, (1) View citations (34)
See also Working Paper A robust poverty profile for Brazil using multiple data sources, FGV EPGE Economics Working Papers (Ensaios Economicos da EPGE) (2002) View citations (35) (2002)
Conditional Cash Transfers, Schooling, and Child Labor: Micro-Simulating Brazil's Bolsa Escola Program
The World Bank Economic Review, 2003, 17, (2), 229-254 View citations (96)
Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil: Can Microeconomic Simulations Help?
Economía Journal, 2003, Volume 3 Number 2, (Spring 2003), 235-280 View citations (19)
See also Working Paper Meeting the millennium development goals in Brazil: can microeconomic simulations help?, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2003) (2003)

2001

Education for the masses? The interaction between wealth, educational and political inequalities
The Economics of Transition, 2001, 9, (2), 533-552 View citations (48)
Education or Inflation? The Micro and Macroeconomics of the Brazilian Income Distribution During 1981-1995
Latin American Journal of Economics-formerly Cuadernos de Economía, 2001, 38, (114), 209-238 View citations (10)
Rural Nonfarm Activities and Poverty in the Brazilian Northeast
World Development, 2001, 29, (3), 509-528 View citations (42)

2000

Education and income distribution in urban Brazil, 1976-1996
Revista CEPAL, 2000 View citations (2)
La educación y la distribución del ingreso en el Brasil urbano, 1976-1996
Revista CEPAL, 2000

1999

Calm after the Storms: Income Distribution and Welfare in Chile, 1987-94
The World Bank Economic Review, 1999, 13, (3), 509-38 View citations (8)
Economic transition and the distributions of income and wealth
The Economics of Transition, 1999, 7, (2), 377-410 View citations (24)
See also Working Paper Economic transition and the distributions of income and wealth, Policy Research Working Paper Series (1997) View citations (8) (1997)
Income Distribution In Brazil 1981-1990 Parametric and Non-Parametric Approach
Journal of Income Distribution, 1999, 08, (1), 3-3
See also Working Paper Income Distribution in Brazil 1981-1990: Parametric and Non-Parametric Approaches, STICERD - Distributional Analysis Research Programme Papers (1996) View citations (6) (1996)
THE SLIPPERY SLOPE: EXPLAINING THE INCREASE IN EXTREME POVERTY IN URBAN BRAZIL, 1976-1996
Brazilian Review of Econometrics, 1999, 19, (2) View citations (16)

Books

2013

Economic Mobility and the Rise of the Latin American Middle Class
(La movilidad económica y el crecimiento de la clase media en América Latina)
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (144)

2010

Life Chances in Turkey: Expanding Opportunities for the Next Generation
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (1)

2009

Conditional Cash Transfers: Reducing Present and Future Poverty
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (733)
Measuring Inequality of Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank View citations (54)
Also in World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group (2009) View citations (148)

2005

The Microeconomics of Income Distribution Dynamics in East Asia and Latin America
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (122)

2004

Inequality in Latin America: Breaking with History?
World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group View citations (159)

Chapters

2016

The Inheritance of Employers and Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2013

Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality, and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons
Palgrave Macmillan View citations (92)
See also Working Paper Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (2013) View citations (133) (2013)