Cite Data Zoom in your research

@Unpublished{DataZoom{2023}, 
    author = {Data Zoom},
    title = {Data Zoom: Simplifying Access To Brazilian Microdata},
    url = {https://www.econ.puc-rio.br/datazoom/english/index.html},
    year = {2023}
}
Data Zoom (2023). Data Zoom: Simplifying Access To Brazilian Microdata. https://www.econ.puc-rio.br/datazoom/index.html
Data Zoom. (2023). Data Zoom: Simplifying access to Brazilian microdata. Retrieved from https://www.econ.puc-rio.br/datazoom/english/index.html
Data Zoom. Data Zoom: Simplifying Access to Brazilian Microdata. 2023, https://www.econ.puc-rio.br/datazoom/english/index.html.

In case Data Zoom has helped in a study you’ve written, please send a copy to datazoom@econ.puc-rio.br. We are always interested in learning about studies where our packages proved useful. Articles sent us will be added to the list below.

Examples of work that used Data Zoom

Published articles

Muniz, J., Queiroz, B. L., & Saperstein, A. (2024). Racial classification as a multistate process . Demographic Research, 50(17), 457–472. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2024.50.17

Van Doornik, B., Schoenherr, D., & Skrastins, J. (2023). Strategic formal layoffs: Unemployment insurance and informal labor markets . American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 15(1), 292–318. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200787

Engbom, N., & Moser, C. (2022). Earnings inequality and the minimum wage: Evidence from Brazil . American Economic Review, 112(12), 3803–3847. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20181506

Engbom, N., Gonzaga, G., Moser, C., & Olivieri, R. (2022). Earnings inequality and dynamics in the presence of informality: The case of Brazil . Quantitative Economics, 13(4), 1405–1446. https://doi.org/10.3982/QE1855

Muniz, J., & Bailey, S. R. (2022). Does race response shift impact racial inequality? . Demographic Research, 47(30), 935–966. https://doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2022.47.30

Dix-Carneiro, R., Soares, R. R., & Ulyssea, G. (2018). Economic shocks and crime: Evidence from the Brazilian trade liberalization . American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 10(4), 158–195. https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20170080

Working papers and other texts

Ruhe, A. P. (2025). Labor market dynamics with an informal sector . Unpublished manuscript.

Corbellini, N. (2024). The effects of tax enforcement on the firm size distribution and aggregate productivity . Unpublished manuscript.

Oviedo, A. F. P., & Araújo, V. S. (2022). O garimpo em terras indígenas não traz progresso social . (Nota técnica). São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental.

Carneiro, F. L. (2021). Cenários para a redução dos custos de comércio no Mercosul: efeitos sobre o comércio regional e mercado de trabalho brasileiro . (Texto para Discussão No. 2709).

Theses and dissertations

Regadas, L. T. (2025). Gender wage gap in Brazil: Wage commute trade-off with heterogeneity by sexual orientation . (Undergraduate monograph, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro). Maxwell. https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.69854

Bamba, S. (2024). Resource-extractive concessionary activity and malaria incidence in the Peruvian, Ecuadorian, and Brazilian Amazons: A spatiotemporal analysis . (Master’s project, Duke University). Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/30524