FÁBIO D. WALTENBERG

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

§          Assistant professor at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

§          Researcher at the Center for Studies on Inequality and Development (CEDE), UFF, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

§          Co-organizer of the XIII BIEN Congress – Basic Income Earth Network – held in June-July 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil (http://www.bien2010brasil.com/)

 

publications – articles

2010                       “Essential educational achievements as the currency of educational justice”. Cuadernos de Economía (Universidad Nacional, Colombia) 29 (52), pp. 103-126, Jan./Jun., 2010. (Information and Download)

2008                       (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

2010                       (with Sprietsma, M.), "The effect of teachers’ wages on student achievement. Evidence from Brazil." In: Jürgen Backhaus, Raul Eamets, Diana Eerma (Eds.) Economics of Education. Issues of Transition and Transformation, (Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft Bd. 29), Berlin: LIT-Verlag.

2008                       "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              (with D.Carusi); 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              (with D. Maldonado, L.F. Gamboa, and M. Rodríguez) Measuring inequality of educational opportunity in Colombia. (Funded by CEPAL and Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia)

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

2010                       (with V. Vandenberghe). “Ageing workforce, productivity and labor costs of Belgian firms”, Discussion paper

§          Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, Université Catholique de Louvain, Discussion paper n. 2010/13

§          Centre for Inequality and Development Studies, UFF, Discussion paper n. 2010/19

§          Departamento de Economia, UFF, Discussion paper n. 2010/260

2008                       “Mapping inequalities of education quality in Brazil in the period 1995-2003”. Centre for Studies on Inequality and Development, Discussion paper n. 13

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

2005                       (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

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)

 

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 (Information)

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

 

OP-ED ARTICLES

2010                       March 7th, "Benefício adicional em função do desempenho escolar das crianças: uma proposta equivocada de modificação do programa Bolsa Família". Published at the following websites: CEDE, O Educacionista, and XIII BIEN Congress

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2009                       May 15th, "Sobre a divulgação dos resultados do Enem: informação inadequada e concorrência desigual". Published at CEDE’s website:  Link.

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)

2002        Translation of: Fusfeld, Daniel. The Age of the Economist. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley. Published in Brazil as: A era do economista. São Paulo: Editora Saraiva.

2009                       (with Vandenberghe, V.) “Ageing workforce and the productivity of Belgian firms” (funded by the “Politique Scientifique Fédérale”, Belgium)

2009                       (with D. Maldonado, L.F. Gamboa, and M. Rodríguez) Measuring inequality of educational opportunity in Colombia. (Funded by CEPAL and Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia)

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.

Referee for:         Economics of Education Review, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Louvain Economic Review (UCLouvain, Belgium), Estudos Econômicos (IPE/USP, Brazil), Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico e Planejamento e Políticas Públicas (IPEA, Brazil), Cuadernos de Economía (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Revista de Economia Contemporânea (IE/UFRJ; Brazil), Pro-posições (Faculdade de Educação, Unicamp), 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

Editorial board    Cuadernos de Economía (Universidad Nacional de Colombia – information)

Editor                    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)

 

Author: Fábio D. Waltenberg
Last update: August 18th,, 2010