Biography

Isabela is a PhD student in the Department of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She holds an MSc in Economics from the Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV) and a BSc in Economics from the University of Sao Paulo (USP). Her research interests are in the economics of education, with a particular focus on the role of higher education in social mobility and on spillovers in education. She is also interested in the intersection of education and labour markets, as well as in public policy and health economics.

Current areas of research include:

• Economics of education
• Labour economics
• Higher education
• Inequality and social mobility
• Public policy