Bernardo Dantas Pereira Coelho
EDUCATION
2011 – 2017
Ph.D. in Economics — focus on Applied Microeconomics & Economic Development.
EPGE | Fundação Getulio Vargas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 – 2010
Bachelor of Science in Economics.
EPGE | Fundação Getulio Vargas. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
2018 – present
World Bank Group | Health, Nutrition & Population GP
Short Term Consultant. Washington, D.C.
- Publication on distributional impacts of taxes on ultra-processed foods
- Publication on distributional impacts of health health taxes on alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages
- Work on Covid-19 response in Brazil, and Cape Verde
- Health workforce analysis and projection for nurses in ECSA countries
- Microdata analysis for health sector reforms in Brazil
- Publication on catastrophic health expenditure in Brazil
- Policy note on primary health care financing reform in Brazil
- Operational work and economic analysis in Paraná, Brazil
World Bank Group | Poverty and Inequality GP
Short Term Consultant. Washington, D.C.
- Consultant for poverty economist of Brazil
- Development of a microsimulation tool to estimate poverty and inequality impact of policy changes
- Work on statistical team on harmonization of Latin American household surveys
- Working paper on gender and climate change nexus
2017 – 2018
World Bank Group | Poverty and Inequality GP
Short Term Consultant. Brasília, Brazil
- Consultant for poverty economist of Brazil at the Country Office
- Microdata analysis including perception of poverty and changes in the profile of the poor using panel data
2012 – 2017
Brazilian Institute of Economy | IBRE/FGV
Research Assistant. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Research on sectoral productivity, historical series and international comparison analysis
SKILLS
Languages
- Portuguese Native
- English Fluent
- French Advanced
- Spanish Intermediate
Software
- Microsoft Office suite
- Stata
- Eviews
- Tableau
- LaTeX
WORKING PAPERS
Determinants of the Decline in Regional Income Inequality in Brazil. with Canêdo-Pinheiro, M. and Costa, F.
Electoral Impact of CCT Programs: The Bolsa Família Experience. with Canêdo-Pinheiro, M. and Costa, F.
Tightening the Gap – Determinants of Female Political Participation and the Effect of Quotas. with Costa, F.
PUBLICATIONS
Dantas Pereira Coelho, Bernardo, Courtney Price Ivins, and Roberto F. Iunes. (2024). “Distributional
Effects of Taxation of Processed Foods in Brazil”. No. 10805. The World Bank Group.
Dantas Pereira Coelho,Bernardo; Araujo,Edson Correia (2023). “Distributional Impact of Health Taxes
on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-sweetened Beverages in Brazil”. Health, Nutrition, and Population
(HNP) Discussion Paper Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group.
Fruttero, Anna, et al. (2023). “Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Weather
Shocks.” Policy Research Working Paper Series 10442. https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/
en/099342305102324997/pdf/IDU0ba259bd2039ca04fa20b87a0893bb487e014.pdf
Edson Correia Araujo & Bernardo Dantas Pereira Coelho (2021). “Measuring Financial Protection
in Health in Brazil: Catastrophic and Poverty Impacts of Health Care Payments Using
the Latest National Household Consumption Survey”, Health Systems & Reform, 7:2, DOI:
10.1080/23288604.2021.1957537
Veloso, F. Matos, S. Ferreira, P. and Coelho, B. (2017). “O Brasil em Comparações Internacionais de
Produtividade: uma Análise Setorial.” In: Regis Bonelli; Fernando Veloso. (Org.). Anatomia da Produtividade
no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Elsevier.
Veloso, F. Matos, S. and Coelho, B. (2014). “Produtividade do Trabalho no Brasil: uma Análise Setorial.”
In: Regis Bonelli; Fernando Veloso. (Org.). Ensaios IBRE de economia brasileira – II. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Elsevier.