Marcos Renan Vasconcelos Magalhaes Secretariat of Health of the state of Ceará-SESA   Rua Tavares Coutinho, 179 Apt 401A Fortaleza, Ceará 60130060 Brazil   marcosrenan@live.com   https://marcosrenan.github.io   Biographical Sketch: Ph.D. in Economics from CAEN-UFC, with experience in Applied Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and microdata analysis from various databases, particularly those related to the Brazilian economy. My work focuses on developing simple, model-based solutions to real-world economic and policy challenges.   Primary Research Focus: Macroeconomics, Public Economics, Health Economics   JEL Areas: E : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics H : Public Economics