Mateus Morais

PhD Candidate in Economics, London School of Economics

Spatial Economics · Urban Economics

m.p.morais@lse.ac.uk mateusmorais.com Department of Economics 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3PH, UK

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science

PhD in Economics

Advisors: Daniel Sturm and Catherine Thomas

2021 –

Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro

MSc in Economics

Advisor: Juliano Assunção

2019 – 2021

São Paulo School of Economics, FGV

BA in Economics

Advisor: Fernanda Estevan

2015 – 2018

References

Daniel Sturm

Professor of Economics

London School of Economics

d.m.sturm@lse.ac.uk

Catherine Thomas

Associate Professor

London School of Economics

c.m.thomas@lse.ac.uk

Working Papers

Taste for Quality, Local Consumption, and Household Sorting

Solo-Authored

Draft available upon request
Job Market Paper

When Firing Triggers Audits: Enforcement, Compliance, and Worker Welfare

Joint with Gustavo Gonzaga, Henrique Mota, and Rafael Cayres

Draft available upon request

Work in Progress

Agglomeration, Monopsony, and Within-City Wage Inequality

Solo-Authored

Property Taxes, Housing Supply, and Gentrification: Evidence from São Paulo

Solo-Authored

Presentations

Urban Economics Association Summer School

2026

Academic Experience

London School of Economics

Course Manager – Undergraduate Macroeconomics

2023 – 2025

London School of Economics

Teaching Assistant – Undergraduate Macroeconomics

Teaching Assistant – Undergraduate Microeconomics

2022 – 2025

London School of Economics Summer School

Teaching Assistant – Behavioural Economics

2023

Pontifícia Universidade Católica

Teaching Assistant – Graduate Statistics

2020

Climate Policy Initiative

Research Assistant – with Professors Juliano Assunção and Arthur Bragança

2019 – 2020

Fundação Getulio Vargas

Research Assistant – with Professor Fernanda Estevan

2018

Public Policy and Social Programs Lab (LAPP)

Researcher

2017 – 2018

Simbiose Social

Researcher

2017 – 2018

Public Service

LSE International Workshop

Workshop Organizer

2023 –

Journal of Urban Economics

Referee

Honors & Awards

ESRC Scholarship

PhD Scholarship

2021 –

CAPES Scholarship

MSc Scholarship

2019 – 2021

III Brazilian Econometric Games

First Place at Applied Economics Competition

2018

Fundação Getulio Vargas Scholarship

BA Scholarship for Academic Excellence

2015 – 2018

Skills

LanguagesPortuguese (Native), English (Fluent), Spanish (Intermediate)
ProgrammingR, Python, Stata, LaTeX, Matlab
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