Mayara Felix

I am an economist interested in Development, Trade, and Labor. I received a PhD in Economics from MIT in June 2021. Here is my CV.

Current and Upcoming Affiliations

2023-2024: Yale University, Postdoc at Cowles.

2024-2025 onwards: Yale University, Assistant Professor of Economics and Global Affairs, Department of Economics and Jackson School of Global Affairs.

Publications

Tax Administration versus Tax Rates: Evidence from Corporate Taxation in Indonesia, with M. Chatib Basri, Rema Hanna, and Benjamin Olken. Online Appendix. American Economic Review 2021, 111 (12): 3827-71. Summary video here.

Working Papers

Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages. Slides. Revise and Resubmit at American Economic Review.

The Employment Effects of Domestic Outsourcing, with Michael Wong. Submitted.

Selected Work in Progress

Trade, Market Structure, and Household Welfare: Evidence from Colombian Tariff-Quotas, with Jorge Florez-Acosta, Diego Jiménez-Hernández and Kasper Vrolijk.

Trade and Modern Slavery: Evidence from Local Exports and Labor Inspections in Brazil, with Guilherme Bayma.

Bottom-up IV: A Conduct-proof Partial Equilibrium Estimator of Nested CES Preferences, with Renjie Bao.

Other Work

Charter Schools and Suspensions: Evidence from Massachusetts Chapter 222. Online Appendix. MIT Blueprint Labs Discussion Paper #2020.10.