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NOVAFRICA Seminar “Are Muslim immigrants really different? Experimental Evidence from Lebanon and Australia”

16 Oct 2019

On Wednesday, October 23, at 02.00 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Maleke Fourati from University of Geneva, to present her work on the effect of religion on individual... Read More

NOVAFRICA celebrates the Nobel Prize of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer

15 Oct 2019

NOVAFRICA celebrates the Nobel Prize of Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer. This is a deserved distinction for the new empirical economics, which generates... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar “Facebook Causes Protests”

08 Oct 2019

On Wednesday, October 16, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Leopoldo Fergusson from Universidad de los Andes, to present his work on the impact of social media... Read More

NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Team Members

03 Oct 2019

NOVAFRICA has reinforced its team with three new members: João Martins, Magda Ferrão and Vera Pinto. The new members come from different areas: International Relations,... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Unintended Consequences of Infrastructure Development: Sewerage Diffusion and Early-life Mortality in Peru”

02 Oct 2019

On Wednesday, 9 October, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Antonella Bancalari from the LSE and IFS , to present her work on unintended consequences of infrastructure... Read More

NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Alex Armand

28 Sep 2019

NOVAFRICA Welcomes New Faculty Member: Professor Alex Armand has joined Nova SBE in September 2019. His research focuses on human capital and the political economy... Read More

NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Experimental Long-Term Effects of Early-Childhood and School-Age Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer Program”

27 Sep 2019

A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Teresa Molina Millán, Karen Macours, John A. Maluccio and Luis Tejerina,... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Follow the leader: Using videos to make information on resource revenue management more relevant”

20 Sep 2019

On Thursday, September 26, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Christa Brunnschweiler from the University of East Anglia, to present her work on resource revenue management. Author: Christa... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Can collective action be trained?”

01 Jul 2019

On Wednesday, July 3, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Paulo Santos, from the Monash University, to present his work on collective action and training. Author:... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Women’s economic empowerment and fertility: Long-term evidence from Tanzania”

21 Jun 2019

On Tuesday, June 25, at 04.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Kjetil Bjorvatn, from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), to present his work on women’s economic... Read More

NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Skills, Signals and Job Search in Low-income Labor Markets: Evidence from a Six-year Two-Sided Field Experiment”

14 Jun 2019

On Wednesday, June 19, at 02.30 pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Vittorio Bassi, from the University of Southern California, to present his work on skills, signals and... Read More

Now open! NOVAFRICA 2019 Summer Research Internships

23 Apr 2019

The vacancies for the NOVAFRICA 2019 Summer Research Internships are now open! The vacancies for the NOVAFRICA 2019 Summer Research Internships are now open! NOVAFRICA... Read More