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
NOVAFRICA News: Welcome our new Resident Members!
Join us in welcoming the new NOVAFRIA Resident Members, Professors Priscila de Oliveira and Pedro Pires! Professor Priscila de Oliveira is joining the Nova School of Business and Economics as an Assistant Professor in Economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and she has research interests in development, behavioral... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA migration project on TV
NOVAFRICA Scientific Director and Nova School of Business and Economics Professor Catia Batista was on SIC Notícias TV to discuss her recent study evaluating policies that provide alternatives to irregular migration from West Africa to Europe. Watch full video of the interview here. Read the published paper in the Journal of Development Economics, here. Read... Read More
NOVAFRICA Vacancy for Research Internship (Cape Verde)
NOVAFRICA is accepting applications for a Research Internship. We are looking for a research intern to be integrated in the following ongoing NOVAFRICA field research project: Higher Future – An Experimental Evaluation with Cape Verdean students (Cape Verde) This project consists of a randomized impact evaluation of development intervention with Cape Verdean high school students.... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Victoire Girard published in the Economic Journal
The paper “Mineral Resources and the Salience of Ethnic Identities” written by Victoire Girard, NOVAFRICA and Nova SBE Research Faculty, joint with Nicolas Berman and Mathieu Couttenier has been published in The Economic Journal. You can read the paper here and the (open access) NOVAFRICA working paper here
NOVAFRICA News: Eurafrican Forum is back at Nova SBE
We are delighted to share that NOVAFRICA is once again a partner of the Eurafrican Forum. The event is back and will take place on the 18 and 19 July at the Nova SBE campus, in Carcavelos. This year’s edition will host the President of Ghana, H.E Nana Akufo-Addo and other influential African and European... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Management Science publication in the spotlight
The Management Science blog is highlighting the paper “Closing the gender profit gap? Evidence from Mozambique” written by Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, NOVAFRICA Scientific Directors and professors at Nova SBE, and Sandra Sequeira, NOVAFRICA External Member and professor at LSE. You can read the paper here.
NOVAFRICA Podcast: Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending
Episode 14 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Ricardo Perez-Truglia, from the UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business. Our guest talked about his paper entitled “Where Do My Tax Dollars Go? Tax Morale Effects of Perceived Government Spending”. Abstract: Do perceptions about how the government spends tax... Read More