André Mancha is the Manager for the Jobs and Opportunity Initiative Brazil (JOI Brazil) at J-PAL LAC where he coordinates the funding of research projects, and partnerships with the public and private sectors to promote impact evaluation and disseminate evidence from the J-PAL network on labour markets. André also has experience as a research assistant at the Center for Applied Science in Public Safety at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (CCAS-FGV).

André has a PhD in Economics at Insper, holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation, and completed his Bachelor's degree in Economics at the University of São Paulo. His areas of interest include applied microeconomics, evaluation of public policies, economics of crime, and labour markets.  André will join the Department of Economics at the University of São Paulo as Assistant Professor in the second semester of 2025.