3 papers
econ.EM2026
Difference-in-differences with "bad controls"
Carolina Caetano, Brantly Callaway, Stroud Payne +1
This paper considers difference-in-differences identification strategies when the parallel trends assumption holds after conditioning on covariates that may themselves be affected…
econ.GN2024
Gender Differences in Comparative Advantage Matches: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data
Hugo Sant'Anna
In this paper, I introduce a novel decomposition method based on Gaussian mixtures and k-Means clustering, applied to a large Brazilian administrative dataset, to analyze the gende…
econ.GN2024
The Mariana Environmental Disaster and its Labor Market Effects
Hugo Sant'Anna
This paper examines the labor market impacts of the 2015 Mariana Dam disaster in Brazil. It contrasts two theoretical models: an urban spatial equilibrium model and a factor of pro…