NOVAFRICA publication in The Economic Journal: “Maternal Investments in Children: The Role of Expected Effort and Returns”
By NOVAFRICA Nova School of Business and Economics professor Adeline Delavande with co-authors, Sonia Bhalotra, Paulino Font Gilabert, and Joanna Maselko. Using survey-based measures of... Read More
NOVAFRICA publication in the Journal of Development Economics: “Can Subsidized Employment Reduce Long-Term Unemployment?”
A new study in the Journal of Development Economics explores whether wage subsidies can help break the cycle of long-term unemployment. In a large-scale randomized... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Promoting Unobservable Food Safety in Smallholder Agriculture: Evidence from Nigeria
🎙️ New! Episode 8 of season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we welcome Professor Tanguy Bernard from the Bordeaux School of Economics to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Publication in The Review of Economics and Statistics: “Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment”
“Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment” By NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors, Professors Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente. This paper... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Leadership and Nation Building
In episode 7 of season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we chat with Professor Lydia Assouad from the London School of Economics and... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: Follow the Leader: Community-based Health Insurance in West Africa
As part of NOVAFRICA ongoing efforts to understand health and social dynamics in Guinea-Bissau, one key study examines how local female leaders influence the uptake... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Statistical Discrimination and the Distribution of Wages
In Episode 6, Season 7 of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks, we speak with Professor Prashant Bharadwaj from the University of California, San Diego, about... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Tanguy Bernard, Bordeaux School of Economics
❓How can we make food safety a priority for smallholder farmers? In our next NOVAFRICA Seminar on Wednesday, June 18, at 3:30 PM (Lisbon time)... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Lydia Assouad, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
What role do leaders play in shaping national identity—beyond the policies they enact? In our next NOVAFRICA Seminar on Wednesday, June 11, at 3:30 PM... Read More
NOVAFRICA Update: New Publication in Science Magazine
“Brain Drain or Brain Gain? Effects of High-Skilled International Emigration on Origin Countries” The study combines a theoretical framework with a review of recent... Read More