Tulio A. Cravo

Inter-American Development Bank, USA

It is a pleasure to contribute to the World of Labor as it is a very interesting instrument to effectively inform policymakers about the latest knowledge on labor market issues and their policy implications

IZA World of Labor role

Author

Current position

Labor market specialist, Inter-American Development Bank

Research interest

Labor economics, development economics, entrepreneurship

Past positions

Research Specialist, UNU-WIDER, Finland

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Loughborough University, 2011

Selected publications

  • “Regional growth and SMEs in Brazil: A spatial panel Approach”. Regional Studies 49:12 (2015).

  • “Are small employers more cyclically sensitive? Evidence from Brazil”. Journal of Macroeconomics 33:4 (2011).

  • “SMEs and regional economic growth in Brazil.” Small Business Economics 38:2 (2011) (with B. Becker and A. Gourlay).

  • “A closer look at the recent skilled labor demand increase in Brazil.” Journal of Economic Studies 44:2 (2017) (with P. Jacinto and E. Ribeiro).