President of the Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil (IPEA) since 2007. He is Associate Professor, Institute of Economics, State University of Campinas. His fields of specialization are Labor Economics, Welfare Economics and Trade Unions. He was a visiting scholar at several universities, including the Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (Paris) and Universita degli Studi di Brescia (Italy). He has worked as a consultant for the ILO, ECLAC, UNESCO, UNIDO, and IBD. He was Sao Paulo City Secretary for Development, Labor and Solidarity (2001-2004). He has a Ph.D in economics from the State University of Campinas, Sao Paulo.
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