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
NOVAFRICA Webinar: Colonization, Early Settlers and Development: The Case of Latin America
On Wednesday, November 3th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Marta Reynal-Querol from the University of Pompeu Fabra to present her work on Colonization, Early Settlers and Development: The Case of Latin America. Author: Marta Reynal-Querol, University of Pompeu Fabra Abstract: In this paper, we document the long-run impact of geographical heterogeneity... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Start What You Finish! Ex ante risk and schooling investments in the presence of dynamic Complementarities
On Friday, October 3th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Andrew Foster from Brown University to present his work on Start What You Finish! Ex ante risk and schooling investments in the presence of dynamic Complementarities. Author: Andrew Foster, Brown University Abstract: We study the relationship between risk and schooling investment in... Read More