Academic Affiliations
- Guest Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Population and Just Societies Program, Equity and Justice Research Group. 2020-…
- Guest Postdoctoral Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied System Analysis, World Population Program. 2019-2020
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Paraná, 2014-present
- Visiting Research Fellow, Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Resarch, 2016-2019
- Substitute Professor, Department of Economics, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2011-2012
Education
Post-Doctorate Research Fellow, World Population, International Institute for Applied System Analysis
(2019-2020)
Supervisors: Wolfgang Lutz, Raya Muttarak
Doctorate in Demography, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
(2010 – 2014)
Dissertation: Educational Projections using Age-Period-Cohort Models: Classical and Bayesian Approaches.
Advisor: Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves Rios-Neto and Rosangela H. Loschi.
Masters in International and Comparative Education, Stanford University
(2011 – 2012)
M.A. Thesis: The Effect of Teacher Qualifications on Student Achievement Gains: Evidence from the FUNDESCOLA Schools in Brazil, 1999-2003.
Advisor: Martin Carnoy.
Masters in Demography, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
(2008 – 2010)
M.A. Thesis: Probabilidade de progressão por série no Brasil: evolução, seletividade e aplicação de modelos de idade-período-coorte
Advisor: Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves Rios-Neto.
Bachelor in Economics, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
(2010 – 2014)
Monograph: Análise da distribuição salarial entre o setor público e privado no Brasil (1987-2005) com aplicações para a Reforma Administrativa do Governo Federal
Advisor: Ana Maria Hermeto Camilo de Oliveira
Honors and Grants
- Summer Program in Social Science Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. 2019/2021.
- CAPES-IIASA Post-Doctorate Fellowship, 2019/2021.
- Visiting Research Scholar, Brazilian Institute for Applied Economic Research, 2016-2019.
- Commencement speaker, Economics class of 2017. Federal University of Parana.
- Edital Universal CNPq Grant, 2016.
- Nominated member of the Advisory Committee for Educational Policy Evaluation at the Brazilian Ministry of Education. 2015-present.
- Dissertation Fellowship, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2010-2011 and 2012-2014.
- Lemann Center Fellowship, Stanford University, 2011-2012.
- Monography Award – Winner – XII Prêmio do Tesouro Nacional, 2007.
- Monography Award – Winner – Prêmio IPEA-Caixa de Monografias, 2006.
Last publications
- Lutz, W. ; Reiter, C. ; Ozdemir, C. ; Yildiz, D. ; Guimaraes, R.; Goujon, A. Skills-adjusted human capital shows rising global gap. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (online), v. 118, p. e2015826118, 2021.
- Reiter, C. ; Ozdemir, C. ; Yildiz, D. ; Goujon, A. ; Guimaraes, R. ; LUTZ, W. The Demography of Skills-Adjusted Human Capital. IIASA Working Paper. Laxenburg, Austria: WP-20-006
- Guimaraes, R.; Cruz, A. C ; Julião, N. A. Viés de Gênero no Acesso e na Intensidade do Uso da Internet pela População em Idade Ativa no Brasil: Evolução e Fatores Associados. Revista de Desenvolvimento Econômico (Impresso), v. 2, p. 80-110, 2020.
- Kroth, D. C. (2019). The effects of time on the performance of local government: The Pact for Health Care Program. Revista de Administração Pública, 53(6), 1138–1160.
- Kroth, D. C., Guimaraes, R. (2018). The Efficiency of Primary Health Care Policy in Brazilian Municipalities: An Application of Pearl’s Structural Causal Model. Proceedings of the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
- Turra, C. M., Renteria, E., Guimaraes, R. (2016). The Effect of Changes in Educational Composition on Adult Female Mortality in Brazil. Research on Aging, 38(3), 283–298.
- Guimaraes, R. (2014). Uncertainty in population projections: The state of the art. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais, 31(2), 277–290.
- Guimaraes, R. (2013). The future of higher education in BRIC countries: A demographic perspective. Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População, 30(2), 549–566.
- Rios-Neto, E., Guimaraes, R. (2013). The Educational Gradient of Low Fertility in Latin America. XXVII IUSSP International Population Conference Program.
- Rios-Neto, E., Guimaraes, R. (2010). The demography of education in Brazil: Inequality of educational opportunities based on Grade Progression Probability (1986-2008). Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 8, 283–312.