NOVAFRICA Podcast: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
Episode 2 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago. Our guest talked about his paper entitled “How Are Gender Norms Perceived?”. Abstract: Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In this paper, using newly collected nationally representative datasets from... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Weiss Family Award to Mattia Fracchia
The Job Market paper of NOVAFRICA PhD candidate, Mattia Fracchia, was awarded the Weiss Family Distinguished Paper Award at The North East Universities Development Consortium Annual Conference, hosted by Harvard University Centre for International Development. His outstanding work, was chosen from 728 submissions. Entitle “Does Performance Evidence Motivate? A FieldExperiment in Guinea-Bissau’s Health Sector”, this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Publication: “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” now out in the Journal of International Economics!
The paper “Testing classic theories of migration in the lab” by Catia Batista, NOVAFRICA scientific director, and David McKenzie, from the World Bank, is now published in the Journal of International Economics. The paper uses incentivized lab experiments to test migration theories. Experimental subjects are final year university students based in Kenya and Portugal who... Read More
NOVAFRICA Podcast: The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races
Episode 1 of the 5th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Katherine Casey from Stanford University. Our guest talked about her paper entitled “The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races”. Abstract: While candidate debates are designed to facilitate informed vote choices, they are more prevalent where they are less likely... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Can organizations harness performance evidence to motivate workers?
Nova School of Business and Economics PhD candidate Mattia Fracchia addresses this question in a field experiment in Guinea-Bissau. His study finds that Workers revise beliefs about the organization’s performance and increase efforts. You can read the full paper here. Mattia Fracchia is 2023/24 NOVAFRICA Job Market candidate and his research interests are in Development Economics,... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Full-time Predoc Research Assistant Opening
NOVAFRICA is recruiting a full-time PREDOC Research Assistant to work with Professor Cátia Batista. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing support in the implementation and analysis of results of large scale randomized controlled trials related to education, migration and entrepreneurship. Their primary tasks will involve coordinating data collection activities, communicating with partners, data... Read More
NOVAFRICA Vacancy for full-time PREDOC Research Assistant to work with Prof Catia Batista (Portugal)
NOVAFRICA is accepting applications for a full-time PREDOC Research Assistant position to work with Prof Catia Batista. Start date: October 2023 or as soon as possible. Duration: 9 months with the possibility of extension. Location: Lisbon, Portugal. What you can expect: The Predoc Research Assistant will be responsible for providing support in the implementation and... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races
On Wednesday, October 4th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 132 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Katherine Casey from Stanford University to present her work on “The Incentives to (Not) Debate in Low Information Races”. Author: Katherine Casey Abstract: While candidate debates are designed to facilitate informed vote choices, they are more prevalent where they... Read More
Africa’s Wealth Dilemma: Confronting the Resource Curse
Imagine a continent endowed with an immense wealth of natural resources, from diamonds and gold to vast deposits of oil and gas. Africa, the world’s most resource-rich continent, has 30% of the world’s mineral reserves (Carmody, 2017). However, many of its countries are affected by poverty, conflict and slow economic growth. Why do nations blessed... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: How Are Gender Norms Perceived?
On Friday, September 15th, at 3.30pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 134 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Leonardo Bursztyn from the University of Chicago, to present his work on “How Are Gender Norms Perceived?”. Author: Leonardo Bursztyn Abstract: Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In this paper, using newly... Read More