Founding Researchers
Daniela Verzola Vaz
UNIFESP
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), where she teaches Economic Statistics and Econometrics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She holds a PhD, a Master’s degree, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Unicamp. Her main research interests include Social and Labor Economics, Gender Economics, and Economic Demography, focusing primarily on topics such as wage inequalities, the public sector, gender, education, and the labor market.
Lorena Hakak
FGV RI
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the São Paulo School of Economics at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV EESP). She is a Professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV RI) and is affiliated with the Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal University of ABC (UFABC). She currently serves as President of the Society of Family and Gender Economics (GeFam) and is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo. She is a labor and health economist with an emphasis on gender inequalities and family dynamics. Her research focuses on family and gender economics.
Solange Ledi Gonçalves
FEA-USP
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of São Paulo (USP), and she is assistant professor at the Department of Economics at the USP (FEA/USP, Brazil) since 2022. Her main interest research topics are household job search models, the impact of social policies on intrahousehold bargaining, and dynamic poverty indicators.
Ana Abras
UFABC
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She is a Professor at Universidade Federal do ABC. Her research interests include gender inequality and the economics of banking. She is currently a Visiting Scholar at the Program for Gender Analysis in Economics at American University.
Ana Fava
UFABC
Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal University of ABC in Economics. She holds a Ph.D. inAgricultural and Consumer Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on gender, bargaining, well-being, durable goods, the economics of education, and feminist economics.
Ana Luiza Barbosa
IPEA
Researcher at the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA). Granted a Ph.D degree in Economics by the FGV/EPGE (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in 2012. Her current research interests include Labor Economics, Gender Economics and Family Economics.
Daniele Carusi Machado
UFF
Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the Federal Fluminense University. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from PUC-Rio in 2005. Her areas of interest and research are applied microeconomics, particularly labor, education and health economics.
Diana Gonzaga
UFBA
Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Bahia, appointed by the Department of Economics. She received her Ph.D. from the University of São Paulo (USP) in 2017. Her research interests include Labor Economics, Urban Economics, and Applied Microeconometrics.
Fabiana Rocha
FEA-USP
Holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently a professor of Economics at the University of São Paulo.
Luana Passos
UFBA
Graduated in Economics from the State University of Feira de Santana. Holds a Master’s and a PhD from the Graduate Program in Economics at the Federal Fluminense University (PPGE/UFF). Completed postdoctoral training in demography at Cedeplar/UFMG, at the Graduate Program in Computational and Quantitative Modeling (PPGCC/UFMG), and at PPGE/UFF. She is a professor at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) and at PPGE/UFF. She served as an advisor to the Minister of Management and Innovation in Public Services and as a member of the Boards of Directors of Embrapa and Conab.
Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira
FGV EESP
Assistant Professor at Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP). I received my PhD in Economics from the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV/EPGE). My research applies micro-level evidence to understand macroeconomic outcomes over time and across economies. My primary areas of interest are Macroeconomics, Growth, and Development.
Luciene Torres de Mello Pereira
FGV EESP
Assistant Professor at Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV/EESP). I received my PhD in Economics from the Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV/EPGE). My research applies micro-level evidence to understand macroeconomic outcomes over time and across economies. My primary areas of interest are Macroeconomics, Growth, and Development.
Paula Pereda
FEA-USP
Holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of São Paulo and is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics from the University of Sao Paulo. She is a member of the Brazilian Women in Economics. Paula develops research in applied microeconomics and policy evaluation.
Pricilla Albuquerque
FGV EESP
Professor of Economics at Getulio Vargas Foundation, appointed bt São Paulo School of Economics. She received her Ph.D. from Getulio Vargas Foundation in 2014. Her research interests include Economics of Education, Impact Evaluation, Labor Economics.
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Regina Madalozzo
GeFam
Psychologist and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States. She was a research professor at Insper from 2002 to 2021, where she served as professor, researcher, undergraduate coordinator, and coordinator of the professional master’s program in economics.
Regina received the Prêmio Todas (2024), from Folha de S.Paulo, in the Economics category and is one of the leading references in the study of the causes and consequences of gender inequality in the labor market, analyzing factors such as occupational segregation, wage discrimination, and access to career advancement opportunities.
In 2024, she published the book Iguais e Diferentes: uma jornada pela economia feminista with Editora Zahar (Companhia das Letras). The book was listed as one of the 20 best nonfiction books of 2024 by Folha de S.Paulo and won the Prêmio Jabuti Acadêmico in the Economics category in 2025.
Currently, Regina is affiliated with GeFam and works professionally as a clinical psychologist and consultant in the field of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I).
Simone Wajnman
UFMG
Simone Wajnman is Full Professor of Demography at Cedeplar (UFMG). She holds a Ph.D. in Demography from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. In 2001 she was a visiting fellow at the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. Her research encompasses many aspects of economic and family demography, including demographic aspects of earnings inequality in Brazil, trends on female labor force participation, and gender inequality in the domestic housework and in the access to the labor market.
Synthia Santana
IPEA
Technologist in Geographical and Statistical Informations at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). She received her Ph.D. in economics from Getulio Vargas Foundation in 2016. Her research interests include Gender Economics, Industrial Economics, and Applied Microeconometrics.