Portfolio

Thiago Meireles

Here are some of the projects developed throughout my academic and professional journey, focused on Data Science, Visualization, and Causal Inference.

Webinars

UN Stats (Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys (ISWGHS) and the Global Network of Data Officers and Statisticians): Leveraging non-probability samples and organic data for producing public statistics
UN Big Data Regional Hub: Weighting a nonprobability sample to estimate Internet quality indicator for Brazilian schools

Technical Reports & Articles

MAY 2025 | WAPOR Annual Conference
Exploring Methodological Alternatives in the ICT Panel Survey: Insights from Open-Ended Questions

This study explores methodological alternatives for analysing open-ended responses in large-scale digital surveys, using the ICT Panel Survey in Brazil as a case study.

Authors: Thiago Meireles, Winston Oyadomari & Marcelo Pitta.

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NOV 2024 | Internet Sector Panorama
Artificial Intelligence and the Labor Market: Is it different this time?

Developing indicators to measure the impact of AI on the world of work requires understanding what workers actually do.

Author: Thiago Meireles.

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NOV 2023 | VI School of Sampling and Survey Methods (ESAMP)
Weighting the Simet measurement database for public schools

This methodology aims to estimate Internet quality measures for the entire population of schools based on measurements available only from the Simet sample.

Authors: Marcelo Pitta, Thiago Meireles & Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva.

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AUG 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 22: Without guidelines for remote learning, the Federal Government repeats the health tragedy in education.

During the pandemic, the Ministry of Education failed to guide or disseminate successful distance learning methodologies. More than 8 million children remained without school activities.

Authors: Ian Prates, Hellen Guicheney, Thiago Meireles, et al.

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JUL 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 17: Crisis alters the profile of home-based work. Digital inequality reduces earnings.

The percentage of people working from home jumped from 4.9% in 2019 to 10.3% in May 2020, revealing deep digital divides in the labor market.

Authors: Rogério Jerônimo Barbosa, Ian Prates, Fábio Senne, Leonardo Lins, Thiago Meireles, et al.

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JUL 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 14: Dramatic unemployment situation is hidden in official indicators.

For the first time in history, the employment level fell below 50%. Without emergency income, poverty would have reached 30% of the population.

Authors: Ian Prates, Rogério Jerônimo Barbosa, Thiago Meireles, et al.

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MAY 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 8: R$ 600.00 aid must continue and can be financed by emergency contribution on high incomes

The prolonged social distancing has disrupted the labor market and affected workers' employment and families' income. The public debate on the extension of the Emergency Basic Income has become inevitable, both in society and in the National Congress.

Authors: Ian Prates, Rogério Jerônimo Barbosa, Thiago Meireles, et al.

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MAY 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 5: Difficulties with the application and non-use of the current protection network limit access to emergency aid

The government opted for a technological implementation that presents problems due to the low-income population's low familiarity with and access to Information and Communication Technologies (applications, phones, and computers).

Authors: Rogério Jerônimo Barbosa, Ian Prates, Thiago Meireles, et al.

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APR 2020 | Solidarity Research Network
Technical Note No. 2: The vulnerability of Brazilian workers in the Covid-19 pandemic

Identifying the most fragile segments of Brazilian workers and measuring their degree of vulnerability as a key procedure for the execution of quality public policies.

Authors: Rogério Jerônimo Barbosa, Ian Prates and Thiago Meireles.

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Other Projects

For the full list of repositories, visit my GitHub.