Tinker Visiting Professor
Amaral is associate professor in economics at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. His research is focused on assessing the spatial configuration of regional inequalities in Brazil in terms of accessibility of health care, as well as other types of inequalities such as poverty, income, and crime. He has published 27 peer-reviewed papers in Brazilian and international journals and serves as early career coeditor of Spatial Economic Analysis and coeditor of Regional Studies, Regional Science and Journal of Spatial Econometrics.
| TVP Details | |
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| Employer/Affiliation | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Job Title | Professor |
| Country of Residence | Brazil |
| Field of expertise | Economics |
| Specialty | Regional inequality in Brazil |
| Host University Details | |
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| University name | University of Chicago |
| Department | Sociology |
| Academic Year | 2022-2023 |
| Term/Semester | Spring |