Can pay transparency close gender wage gaps in developing countries? Brazil became the first developing country to enact a large-scale pay transparency law in 2023. With @tadeuccastro , @iedarm , @bph_econ , we collaborated with Brazil's @MinPlanejamento to estimate the policy's effects thus far using a regression discontinuity design. The answer: So far, no. We find precise null effects on every outcome. A thread.

What do workers at the margin of informality value at work? We surveyed 700 residents of Brazil's largest favela complex to find out, using open-ended questions and discrete choice experiments. Joint work with Beatriz Marcoje, @iedarm, and @rodmclara. Here's what we learned. A thread 👇:

Does import competition increase surviving firms' wage-setting power? In more exposed labor markets, yes — but markdowns explain only 6% of the relative wage decline. A thread on NBER WP "Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages" 🧵👇