NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Elena Stancanelli
How does the consumer behavior change due to terrorism? Elena Stancanelli from the Paris School of Economics will present the paper “Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: Evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data” co-authored with Daniel Mirza and Thierry Verdier on Wednesday, November 24th, at 02:30 pm, Lisbon time. The research of the consumer... Read More
The impact of Covid-19 on intentions to migrate from Africa to Europe
The COVID-19 pandemic restricted the already limited opportunities to emigrate legally from Africa to Europe. Border closures were a mechanism used by most countries to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Although this mechanism made migration more difficult, it did not reduce the willingness to migrate, often irregularly – rather the opposite. Given this scenario,... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high frequency in-home-scanner data
On Wednesday, November 24th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Elena Stancanelli from Paris School of Economics to present her work on Household Expenditure in the Wake of Terrorism: evidence from high-frequency in-home-scanner data. Author: Elena Stancanelli, Paris School of Economics Abstract: This paper adds to the scant literature on the impact of terrorism... Read More
NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship awarded with the support of Five Thousand Miles
The NOVAFRICA Merit Scholarship was formally awarded to Prince Okenna, a Nigerian student. of the Masters in International Development & Public Policy. This scholarship has the support of Five Thousand Miles. Pedro Hipolito the CEO of the company participated in the symbolic ceremony of the Master’s launch, where was signed the protocol who formally awards... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Wayne Sandholtz AER article discussed in the Financial Times
Read the Financial Times news piece on the American Economic Review article “The complicated legacy of Liberia’s experiment in outsourcing school management” by Wayne Sandholtz from NOVAFRICA, Nova School of Business and Economics, and collaborators. Read the full article here: FT article here: https://on.ft.com/3BMwuDZ
NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Manuel de Araújo on “Cities that work: the case of Quelimane, Mozambique”.
NOVAFRICA welcomes Manuel de Araújo Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique for a Special Lecture, on November 12th, at 04.00 pm, in Teresa and Alexandre Soares dos Santos library, at Nova SBE, in Carcavelos Campus. In his Special Lecture, entitled “Cities that work: the case of Quelimane, Mozambique”, Manuel de Araújo will share his experience as Mayor of... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Catia Batista talks to The Economist
In an article in The Economist, Cátia Batista talks about the benefits of emigration for politics and entrepreneurship in countries of origin. Read Kinley Salmon’s article “Many more Africans are migrating within Africa than to Europe” in The Economist about growing internal migration in Africa. NOVAFRICA scientific director Catia Batista talks about the benefits of emigration... Read More
NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Jonathan Weigel
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a fragile state which needs to build completely a tax revenue base as it has the lowest tax-GDP ratios in the world. For example, Kananga, one of the largest cities in the country, collected tax revenues of only $0.30 per person in the year of 2015. To increase the tax revenue, the government of the province has been conducting a series of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC
On Friday, November 10th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan Weigel from the London School of Economics to present his work on Optimal Assignment of Bureaucrats: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Tax Collectors in the DRC. Author: Jonathan Weigel, London School of Economics Abstract: The assignment of workers to tasks and teams is a key margin of firm... Read More
NOVAFRICA Student Group previews the NOVAFRICA seminar by Marta Reynal-Querol
What is the impact of early settlers on the long-term development of Latin American Spanish colonies? What is the role of their heterogeneous skills? Have early settlers’ characteristics persisted over time? The authors explore the initial phase of the Spanish colonization of Latin America that occurred between 1492 and 1540 to study early settlers’ legacy... Read More