FÁBIO D. WALTENBERG

PhD in Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium, July 2007


 

dissertation thesis

2007                       Normative and quantitative analysis of educational inequalities, with reference to Brazil. Economics Department, UCLouvain n.527/2007, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Louvain

Jury:       Vincent Vandenberghe (supervisor), Philippe De Villé, Axel Gosseries, Francisco Ferreira, Erik Schokkaert

Prize:     Haralambos Simeonidis Prize”, awarded by the Brazilian Economists’ Association (ANPEC) to the best PhD dissertation of the year in economics written by a Brazilian researcher

 

publications – articles

2008                       !!!NEW!!! (Special issue’s editorial) “Diferentes olhares sobre a justiça social. Das teorias filosóficas ao desenho de políticas públicas”, Revista de Estudos Universitários, Universidade de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Vol. 34 n.1, pp. 9-16, Jun. (Information)

2007                       (with Vandenberghe, V.), "What does it take to achieve equality of opportunity in education? An empirical investigation based on Brazilian data", Economics of Education Review, 26(6), pp.710-724, December (Download)

2007                       "Cotas na universidades brasileiras: contribuição das teorias de justiça ao debate". Revista Sinais Sociais (SESC, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ISSN 1809-9815) ano 2, May/Aug. (Download)

2006                       (with Vandenberghe, V.), "Mobilidade de alunos em um quase-mercado escolar: análise econômica da situação na Comunidade Francesa da Bélgica.", Revista Pesquisa & Debate (Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil) vol. 17 n.2(30), pp. 173-201, Dec. (Download)

2006                       "Teorias econômicas de oferta de educação. Evolução histórica, estado atual e perspectivas." Educação e Pesquisa (Faculdade de Educação, USP, Brazil) vol. 32 (1), pp. 117-136, Jan./ Apr. (Download)

2005                       "Iniqüidade educacional no Brasil. Uma avaliação com dados do PISA 2000." Revista Economia (ANPEC, Brasília, Brazil), vol. 6 (1), pp. 67-118, Jan-Jul. (Download)

 

publications – book chapters

Forthcoming        (with Sprietsma, M.), "The effect of teachers’ wages on student achievement. Evidence from Brazil." In: Jürgen Backhaus, Raul Eamets, Jüri Sepp (eds.), Advances in the economics of education: on markets and post-transformation issues

2008                       !!!NEW!!! "Quatre grandes écoles pour penser la justice dans le champ de l'éducation". In: Dupriez, V., J.-F. Orianne, and M. Verhoeven (eds.), De l’école au marché du travail: l’égalité des chances en question, Brussels: Peter Lang Publishing Group, pp. 23-48 (Collection de la Société Suisse pour la Recherche en Education, Vol. 141) : Link

2007                       (with Vandenberghe, V.) "La ségrégation scolaire et spatiale en Communauté française : Une réalité stable ?". In: Frenay, M. et X. Dumay (eds.) Un enseignement démocratique de masse : une réalité qui reste à inventer. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Louvain

2004                       "Comments on Seekings and Tamir". In: Van Parijs, P. (ed.) Cultural diversity versus economic solidarity, Bruxelles: De Boeck Université (Bibliothèque universitaire Francqui) (Download)

2004                       (with Dauphin, N. & M. Verhoeven), "Mobilité scolaire". In: Frenay, M. & C. Maroy (eds.), L'école, six ans après le decret ‘missions’. Regards interdisciplinaires sur les politiques scolaires en Communauté française de Belgique. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium: Presses universitaires de Louvain

2004                       (with Vandenberghe, V.), "Polarisation et formulation des politiques actives" In: Orianne, J.F., T. Moulaert, C. Maroy, V. Vandenberghe & F.D. Waltenberg, Mises en œuvre locales des formules d'activation des politiques d'emploi. Brussels, Belgium: Academia Press

 

ON-GOING RESEARCH, DIscussion papers, and unpublished work

On-going              Post-doctoral research (with V. Vandenberghe). Ageing and productivity in Belgium. (Funded by the “Politique Scientifique Fédérale”, Belgium)

On-going              (with D.C. Machado and J.P. Azevedo); Evaluation of “Nova Escola”, a pay-for-performance program aimed at improving teaching staff productivity in Rio de Janeiro State – Centre for Inequality and Development Studies, UFF, Niterói, Brazil. (Funded by INEP/Brazilian Ministry of Education)

On-going              Benchmarking of Brazil’s education performance using PISA 2003 datasets. (Part of the research “The quality of education in Brazil”, funded by the IADB: Link)

On-going              (with D. Maldonado and L.F. Gamboa) Measuring inequality of educational opportunity in Colombia. (Funded by CEPAL and Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia)

On-going              Measuring inequality of educational opportunity: methodological issues and application to Brazil (Development of thesis’ chapters)

2006                       "Educational justice as equality of opportunity for achieving essential educational outcomes", Documents de travail de la Chaire Hoover, n. 157, UCLouvain, Oct.

2003                       "Análise econômica de sistemas educativos. Uma resenha crítica da literatura e uma avaliação da iniqüidade do sistema educativo brasileiro.", M.A. dissertation, Instituto de Pesquisas Econômicas (IPE), USP, Brazil. (Supervisor: Prof. Antônio Carlos Coelho Campino)

1998                       "Transportes urbanos na Região Metropolitana de São Paulo. Metrô como alternativa". B.A. dissertation, Faculdade de Economia, USP, Brazil. (Supervisor: Prof. Flávio A. M. Saes)

 

Book review

2005        Arnsperger, C. & Ph. Van Parijs, "Ética econômica e social". São Paulo: Loyola, 2004. Published in Revista de Economia Política, São Paulo, Brazil, Vol. 25, n.2, Apr./Jun. (Download)

 

Research REports

2008                       (with Araújo, A.,, G. Buchmann, C. Franco, N.A. Menezes-Filho, M. Néri, P. Pichetti, V. Ponczek, A.P. Souza) “The quality of education in Brazil” (funded by the IADB)

2002                        (with Vandenberghe, V.), "Polarisation et appariements sélectifs en Communauté française de Belgique." Final report to Services Scientifiques, Techniques et Culturelles (SSTC), GIRSEF, UCLouvain, Belgium, Mar.

2001                        (with Bodson, X., N. Dauphin, M. Verhoeven & V. Vandenberghe) "Mobilité scolaire dans l’enseignement fondamental en Communauté française de Belgique." Final report to Ministry of fundamental education, GIRSEF, UCLouvain, Belgium, Nov.

 

refereeing and editorial activites

Editor                    !!!NEW!!!  Editor of special volume on Social Justice, for Revista de Estudos Universitários, Universidade de Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil. Vol. 34 n.1, pp. 9-16, Jun. (Information)

Referee                For the following reviews: Louvain Economic Review (UCLouvain, Belgium), Estudos Econômicos (IPE/USP, Brazil), Discussion Papers Series, Economics Department (UCLouvain, Belgium), Ethique et Économie / Ethics and Economics (On-line journal), Les Cahiers de Recherche en Education et Formation, GIRSEF, UCLouvain

 

 

teaching, Evaluation, and tutoring experience

2007-2008                     Co-lecturer (15 hours), ECON2233 (undergraduate course for economists) – “Economie de l’éducation” [economics of education] – UCLouvain, Belgium

Co-lecturer (45 hours), FOPA1304 (undergraduate course for non-economists) – “Economie de l’humain” [Economics of education and health care], – UCLouvain, Belgium

Lecturer (8 hours, short course for undergraduate and graduate students) – “Normative and quantitative analysis of educational inequalities” – Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá)

2006-2007              Teaching assistant for Prof. Olivier Debande in FOPA1304 – “Economie de l’humain” [Economics of education and health care], UCLouvain, Belgium

Member of the jury of M.A. dissertation (Pardo, R,, “Effect of credit constraint on tertiary education attainment in Colombia. Evidence from the life quality survey 2003”), UCLouvain, Belgium

Member of the jury of B.A. dissertation (Lambotte, V., “Prêts étudiants ‘income-contingent’ : impact sur l’accès et le financement de l’enseignement supérieur à travers l’expérience de l’Australie et la Nouvelle-Zélande”) , UCLouvain, Belgium

Tutor of exchange students at UCLouvain, Belgium and USP, Brazil

2000-2001              Teaching assistant for Prof. Vincent Vandenberghe in ECON2198-A – “La montée des inégalités en Europe et aux USA” [Workshop-course on increasing inequalities in Europe and in the US], UCLouvain, Belgium

 


Author: Fábio D. Waltenberg
Last update: August 20th,, 2008