Angelo Santos

Angelo Santos

PhD Candidate in Economics

University of Houston

Biography

Hello! I am a PhD candidate at the University of Houston. My interest are development, education and health. In my current research, I analyze the impacts of a special education policy in Brazil. I am also a python and soccer lover!

Interests
  • Development
  • Education
  • Health
Education
  • PhD in Economics, 2025 (expected)

    University of Houston, USA

  • MA in Economics, 2020

    Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

  • BA in Economics, 2017

    Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil

Projects

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(2022). Authors Project.

Code Project

(2022). Human Capital.

Code Project

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
PIRE project
Doctoral researcher
PIRE project
Jan 2023 – Present Houston, TX
Research Assistant for partnership between World Bank, IDB, ADB, UNICEF, Regional Institute for Population Studies in Ghana, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Houston. The title of the project is ‘Climate risk, pollution, and childhood inequalities in low- and middle-income countries’
 
 
 
 
 
University of Houston
Research Assistant
University of Houston
Sep 2021 – Present Houston, TX
Research assistantship for prof. Chinhui Juhn and Yona Rubinstein
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of Pernambuco
Research Assistant
Federal University of Pernambuco
Apr 2020 – Apr 2018 Recife, Brazil
Graduate Research assistantship for prof. Raul da Mota Silveira Neto
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of Pernambuco
Research Assistant
Federal University of Pernambuco
Aug 2014 – Aug 2017 Recife, Brazil
Undergraduate Research assistantship funded by the Brazilian government

Teaching Experience

 
 
 
 
 
University of Houston
Teaching Assistant
University of Houston
May 2022 – Jan 2022 Houston, TX
TA for Macroeconomics II, PhD level
 
 
 
 
 
University of Houston
Teaching Assistant
University of Houston
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 Houston, TX
TA for Intermediate microeconomics
 
 
 
 
 
University of Houston
Teaching Assistant
University of Houston
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021 Houston, TX
TA for History of Economic Doctrine
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE
Teaching Assistant
Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE
Dec 2016 – Aug 2016 Recife, Brazil
TA for Macroeconomics I
 
 
 
 
 
Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE
Teaching Assistant
Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE
Dec 2015 – Aug 2015 Recife, Brazil
TA for Elements of Mathematical Economics I

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