João Tampellini

Assistant Professor of Economics
and Joseph R. Hyde III Professor of Political Economy

Rhodes College

Research

Publications

• Southern Roots Abroad: The Long-Run Impact of the Confederate Migration to Brazil

  Journal of Development Economics 184 (January 2027), 103870

  Link

• Latin American Pride: Labor Market Outcomes of Sexual Minorities in Brazil

  Journal of Development Economics 167 (March 2024), 103239

  Link
  Coverage — Folha de S. Paulo

Working Papers

• Safer at Home? Migration Responses to Violence at the Destination

  Revisions requested by the Journal of Economic History

  Winner of the 2024 Vanderbilt University Department of Economics Award for Best Third-Year Paper

  Draft

• Relative Income and Gender Norms: Evidence from Latin America

  with Ercio A. Muñoz and Dario Sansone

  IZA Discussion Paper #18172

  Revisions requested by the Review of Economics of the Household

  IZA DP arXiv

• Venezuelan Students in Colombia: Patterns of Integration and Relative Achievement in Public Schools

  with Felipe Barrera-Osorio and Diana Quintero Castellanos

  Under review

  Coverage — IPA Colombia Policy Brief

• Immigration Raids and Immigrant Assimilation: Evidence from the 1920 Palmer Raids

  Draft

• Black Newspapers and Political Persuasion

  with Brian Beach and Martin Saavedra

  Draft

Work in Progress

More coming soon.