Valéria Pero
Valéria Pero is associate professor at the Economics Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IE-UFRJ) and researcher at the Center of Studies on Inequality and Development (CEDE). She holds a PhD in Economics from the Federal University in Rio de Janeiro in 2002 and has spent her sabbatical year in 2019 at the University of Paris-Dauphine, France. Her main research area is Labor and Social Economics and has conducted projects on two major lines: (1) labor market and social and urban mobility and (2) poverty, inequality and social policies.