Rodrigo R. Soares
{{Short description|Brazilian economist}}
{{Infobox economist|name=|academic_advisors=|signature=|module=|repec_id=pso51|repec_prefix=e|memorials=|awards=|contributions=|influences=|notable_students=|doctoral_students=|doctoral_advisor=Gary Becker|birth_date=|alma_mater=Federal University of Minas Gerais (BA)
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (MA)
University of Chicago (PhD)|school_tradition=|years_active=|occupation=|field=Development economics|institution=Columbia University|website=|spouse=|citizenship=|nationality=|birth_place=|notes=}}Rodrigo Reis Soares is an economist specializing in development economics. He is Lemann Professor of Brazilian Public Policy and International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and the Lemann Foundation Chair at Insper.{{Cite web |title=RODRIGO REIS SOARES |url=https://en2.insper.edu.br/pesquisa-e-conhecimento/docentes-pesquisadores/rodrigo-reis-soares/ |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=Insper}}{{Cite web |title=Rodrigo Soares {{!}} Columbia SIPA |url=https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/rodrigo-soares |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=www.sipa.columbia.edu |language=en}}
Biography
Soares received his B.A. from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, M.A. from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago under the guidance of Gary Becker. Soares taught at the University of Maryland, College Park, Harvard School of Public Health, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo School of Economics before joining the Columbia faculty in 2016. He was also named Lemann Foundation Chair at Insper in 2020.{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2020 |title=RODRIGO REIS SOARES IS APPOINTED AS A FELLOW OF THE ECONOMETRIC SOCIETY |url=https://www.insper.edu.br/en/insper-news/rodrigo-reis-soares-econometric-society/ |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=Insper}}
Soares has written about health economics and the economics of crime,{{Cite web |last1=Dix-Carneiro |first1=Rafael |last2=Soares |first2=Rodrigo R. |last3=Ulyssea |first3=Gabriel |date=2017-08-31 |title=Economic shocks and crime: Evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalisation |url=https://voxeu.org/article/economic-shocks-and-homicide-brazil |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=VoxEU.org}} domestic violence, labor, and the effect of history and institutions on development.{{Cite web |author=Stephen Mihm |date=August 24, 2014 |title=Where slavery thrived, inequality rules today |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/08/23/where-slavery-thrived-inequality-rules-today/iF5zgFsXncPoYmYCMMs67J/story.html |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US}} He argued that different structures of colonial rule that characterized Brazil's sugarcane and gold mining industries had lasting influence on the strength and weakness of institutions and perceivable social inequities in present-day Brazil.{{Cite web |author= |date=2007-05-03 |title=How Portugal screwed up Brazil |url=https://www.salon.com/2007/05/02/brazilian_gold/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=Salon |language=en}}
He was elected a fellow of the Econometric Society in 2020. Soares was awarded the Kenneth J. Arrow Award from the International Health Economics Association for the best paper published in the field of health economics.{{Cite web |title=Arrow Award |url=https://www.healtheconomics.org/page/ArrowAward |access-date=May 25, 2022 |website=IHEA}}{{Cite web |title=Health economics paper receives international association's award |url=http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/060511/healthpaper.shtml |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=chronicle.uchicago.edu}}
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