Rodrigo R Soares
Biographic Data
| ID | 3822766 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rodrigo R Soares |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rodrigo R |
| FAMILY NAME | Soares |
| SIGNATURE | SOARES R R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1158-3865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 163 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Too much of a good thing
Competition and the racial wage gap
Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
This article analyzes the determinants of local institutions in Brazil. We show that institutional quality and distribution of land are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. The sugar cane boom-characterized by an oligarchic society-is associated with more land inequality. The gold boom-characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state-is associated with worse governance …
Evaluating the impact of community‐based health interventions
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program, using municipality level mortality data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and individual level data from the Brazilian household survey. We estimate the effects of the program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality…
The Development Impact Of The Illegality Of Drug Trade
This paper reviews the unintended \n consequences of the war on drugs, particularly for \n developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence \n regarding the efficacy of prohibition to curb drug use and \n trade. It reviews the available evidence and presents new \n results that indicate that prohibition has limited effects \n on drug prevalence and prices, most likely indicating a \n combination of inelastic drug demand (due to its addi…
The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor
This paper presents a theory in which increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender-wage gap are generated as part of a single process of demographic transition, initially characterized by reductions in mortality and fertility. The paper suggests a relationship between gains in life expectancy and changes in the role of women in society that has not been identified before in the literature. Mortality reductions affect…
Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities
Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions
This paper analyzes the roots of variation in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting.We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institutions, and argue that this variation reveals a de facto dimension of institutional quality.We show that municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle --characterized by a polarized and o…
On the Determinants of Mortality Reductions in the Developing World
This article presents and critically discusses evidence on the determinants of mortality reductions in developing countries. It argues that increases in life expectancy between 1960 and 2000 were largely independent of improvements in income. The author characterizes the age and cause-of-death profile of changes in mortality and assesses what can be learned about the determinants of these changes from the international evidence and from country-s…
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality
GDP per capita is usually used to proxy for the quality of life of individuals living in different countries. Welfare is also affected by quantity of life, however, as represented by longevity. This paper incorporates longevity into an overall assessment of the evolution of cross-country inequality and shows that it is quantitatively important. The absence of reduction in cross-country inequality up to the 1990s documented in previous work is in …
Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice
This paper develops a model where reductions in mortality are the main force behind economic development. The model generates a pattern of changes similar to the demographic transition, where gains in life expectancy at birth are followed by reductions in fertility and increases in the rate of human capital accumulation. The onset of the transition is characterized by a critical level of life expectancy at birth, which marks the movement of the e…
Accountability and Corruption
This study uses a cross-country panel to examine the determinants of corruption, paying particular attention to political institutions that increase accountability. Even though the theoretical literature has stressed the importance of political institutions in determining corruption, the empirical literature is relatively scarce. Our results confirm the role of political institutions in determining the prevalence of corruption. Democracies, parli…
The effect of longevity on schooling and fertility
Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development
Development, crime and punishment
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
This article analyzes the determinants of local institutions in Brazil. We show that institutional quality and distribution of land are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. The sugar cane boom-characterized by an oligarchic society-is associated with more land inequality. The gold boom-characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state-is associated with worse governance …
Development, crime and punishment
Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
On the Determinants of Mortality Reductions in the Developing World
This article presents and critically discusses evidence on the determinants of mortality reductions in developing countries. It argues that increases in life expectancy between 1960 and 2000 were largely independent of improvements in income. The author characterizes the age and cause-of-death profile of changes in mortality and assesses what can be learned about the determinants of these changes from the international evidence and from country-s…
Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development
The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor
This paper presents a theory in which increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender-wage gap are generated as part of a single process of demographic transition, initially characterized by reductions in mortality and fertility. The paper suggests a relationship between gains in life expectancy and changes in the role of women in society that has not been identified before in the literature. Mortality reductions affect…
Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities
The effect of longevity on schooling and fertility
Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions
This paper analyzes the roots of variation in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting.We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institutions, and argue that this variation reveals a de facto dimension of institutional quality.We show that municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle --characterized by a polarized and o…
Competition and the racial wage gap
Too much of a good thing
Development, crime and punishment
Crime Reporting as a Measure of Institutional Development
The Quantity and Quality of Life and the Evolution of World Inequality
GDP per capita is usually used to proxy for the quality of life of individuals living in different countries. Welfare is also affected by quantity of life, however, as represented by longevity. This paper incorporates longevity into an overall assessment of the evolution of cross-country inequality and shows that it is quantitatively important. The absence of reduction in cross-country inequality up to the 1990s documented in previous work is in …
Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice
This paper develops a model where reductions in mortality are the main force behind economic development. The model generates a pattern of changes similar to the demographic transition, where gains in life expectancy at birth are followed by reductions in fertility and increases in the rate of human capital accumulation. The onset of the transition is characterized by a critical level of life expectancy at birth, which marks the movement of the e…
Accountability and Corruption
This study uses a cross-country panel to examine the determinants of corruption, paying particular attention to political institutions that increase accountability. Even though the theoretical literature has stressed the importance of political institutions in determining corruption, the empirical literature is relatively scarce. Our results confirm the role of political institutions in determining the prevalence of corruption. Democracies, parli…
The effect of longevity on schooling and fertility
Health and the evolution of welfare across Brazilian municipalities
Rent Seeking and the Unveiling of 'De Facto' Institutions
This paper analyzes the roots of variation in de facto institutions, within a constant de jure institutional setting.We explore the role of rent-seeking episodes in colonial Brazil as determinants of the quality of current local institutions, and argue that this variation reveals a de facto dimension of institutional quality.We show that municipalities with origins tracing back to the sugar-cane colonial cycle --characterized by a polarized and o…
On the Determinants of Mortality Reductions in the Developing World
This article presents and critically discusses evidence on the determinants of mortality reductions in developing countries. It argues that increases in life expectancy between 1960 and 2000 were largely independent of improvements in income. The author characterizes the age and cause-of-death profile of changes in mortality and assesses what can be learned about the determinants of these changes from the international evidence and from country-s…
The Development Impact Of The Illegality Of Drug Trade
This paper reviews the unintended \n consequences of the war on drugs, particularly for \n developing countries, and weighs them against the evidence \n regarding the efficacy of prohibition to curb drug use and \n trade. It reviews the available evidence and presents new \n results that indicate that prohibition has limited effects \n on drug prevalence and prices, most likely indicating a \n combination of inelastic drug demand (due to its addi…
The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor
This paper presents a theory in which increases in female labor force participation and reductions in the gender-wage gap are generated as part of a single process of demographic transition, initially characterized by reductions in mortality and fertility. The paper suggests a relationship between gains in life expectancy and changes in the role of women in society that has not been identified before in the literature. Mortality reductions affect…
Evaluating the impact of community‐based health interventions
This paper analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of Brazil's Family Health Program, using municipality level mortality data from the Brazilian Ministry of Health, and individual level data from the Brazilian household survey. We estimate the effects of the program on mortality and on household behavior related to child labor and schooling, employment of adults, and fertility. We find consistent effects of the program on reductions in mortality…
Institutional Development and Colonial Heritage within Brazil
This article analyzes the determinants of local institutions in Brazil. We show that institutional quality and distribution of land are partly inherited from the colonial histories experienced by different areas of the country. The sugar cane boom-characterized by an oligarchic society-is associated with more land inequality. The gold boom-characterized by a heavily inefficient presence of the Portuguese state-is associated with worse governance …
Water scarcity and birth outcomes in the Brazilian semiarid
Competition and the racial wage gap
Too much of a good thing
Economics (12 works) · Population (8 works) · Economic growth (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Demographic economics (6 works) · Demography (6 works) · Developing country (6 works) · Global Health Care Issues (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)