David Diniz Kalichman

With an Economics undergraduate degree at the University of São Paulo (FEA-USP), having received financing for undergraduate research projects by the Federal Scientific Council (CNPq) and the São Paulo State Research Foundation (FAPESP). Has experience as a Research Assistant in the Tutorial Education Program (PET-FEA) and currently serves as a Research Assistant at the Ruth Cardoso Chair. Their research focuses on affirmative action policies, financial assistance for higher education persistence, and the impacts of macroeconomic policies on inequality in Brazil. Currently involved in a project using administrative data provided by the Undergraduate Pro-Rectorate at USP to estimate the effects of housing aid scholarships on academic performance and student dropout rates. Currently at the Rome Master in Economics Program offered by the Bank of Italy with a full scholarship. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)