NOVAFRICA’s community is growing and inspiring the world! Our job market candidates were placed all over the world, producing research with the goal of reducing poverty. This is the outcome of the rigour and quality of their research work and scientific production in the field of development economics. NOVAFRICA congratulates all these candidates who got... Read More

On Wednesday, April 26th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Joshua Blumenstock from University of California, Berkeley to present his work on “Targeting Social Assistance with Machine Learning”. Author: Joshua Blumenstock Abstract: Targeting is a central challenge in the design of anti-poverty programs: given available data, how does one rapidly... Read More

On Wednesday, April 05th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sandra Sequeira from London School of Economics to present her work on “Zero-sum Thinking and the Roots of US Political Divides”. Author: Sandra Sequeira Abstract: We examine the causes and consequences of an important cultural and psychological trait: the... Read More

On Wednesday, March 29th, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Sarah Chloe Deschene from Northwestern University a to present her work on “Expanding access to schooling in Nigeria: Impact on Marital Outcomes”. Author: Sarah Chloe Deschene Abstract: The paper uses the Universal Primary Education Program (UPE) implemented in Nigeria... Read More

Episode 9 of the 4th Season of the NOVAFRICA Sustainable Development Talks was recorded with Professor Silvia Prina, from the Northeastern University. Our guest talked about her paper entitled “Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes”. Abstract: The effect of negative shifts in public opinion on the economic lives of minorities is unknown. We... Read More

A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Brais Álvarez Pereira, Shan Aman-Rana and Alexia Delfino this paper analyses the relationship of performance with team diversity and size. Title:  Team size and diversity Authors: Brais Álvarez Pereira (Nova School of Business and Economics, BELAB and NOVAFRICA) Shan Aman-Rana... Read More

On Wednesday, March 8st, at 3pm (Lisbon time), on Room B 133 the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Silvia Prina from Northeastern University a to present her work on “Public Opinion, Racial Bias, and Labor Market Outcomes”. Author: Silvia Prina Abstract: The effect of negative shifts in public opinion on the economic lives of minorities is unknown.... Read More