NOVAFRICA News: congratulations to Julia Seither
Julia Seither, NOVAFRICA alumna, has been awarded one of the Best Ph.D. Dissertations in the Ph.D in Economics | Finance Program in the academic year of 2018/2019 by the Amélia de Mello Foundation, with the thesis “Essays in Behavioral Development Economics”. Congratulations Julia!
NOVAFRICA Seminar “Incentivizing Community Health Workers in Guinea-Bissau: Experimental Evidence on Social Status and Intrinsic Motivation”
On Wednesday, December 11, at 02.30 pm, Teresa Molina Millán from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper about the impact of different types of non-financial incentives on Community Health Workers performance and household health. Author: Teresa Molina Millán, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: Community Health Workers (CHWs) constitute... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Project on irregular migration featured in Spain
Irregular migrants that come to Europe through the sea on average expect that their chances of survival are 50%, even so they choose to do so and risk their lives! This is one of the conclusions of a NOVAFRICA project in The Gambia that measures the impact of different policies to reduce irregular migration to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar “Diffusion of Rival Information in the Field”
On Wednesday, December 4, at 02.30 pm, Inês Vilela from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper about the effect of rivalry on the pattern of diffusion of information. Author: Inês Vilela, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: Information about rival opportunities becomes less valuable as more individuals learn about... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Aga Khan University visited NOVAFRICA
Fight against poverty is our common purpose! The NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center welcomed the President of the Aga Khan University, Firoz Rasul, in NOVA SBE’s campus. Both entities have projects in Africa to fight poverty trough education and research. Firoz Rasul was delighted with the campus space and expressed strong interest in NOVAFRICA’s projects. A bridge... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar “From Learning to Doing: Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau”
On Wednesday, November 27, at 02.30 pm, Rute Martins Caeiro from Nova School of Business and Economics will present her job market paper on the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. Author: Rute Martins Caeiro, Nova School of Business and Economics. Abstract: This paper analyzes the role... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Aspirations, Expectations, Identities: Behavioral Constraints of Micro-Entrepreneurs”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Papers Series. Written by Catia Batista and Julia Seither, this paper experimentally evaluates an intervention to lift behavioral constraints and improve managerial skills on entrepreneurial success of micro-firms. Title: Aspirations, Expectations, Identities: Behavioral Constraints of Micro-Entrepreneurs Authors: Catia Batista (Nova SBE, IZA and NOVAFRICA)... Read More
NOVAFRICA in the News
The NOVAFRICA Knowledge Center has been under the spotlight following the award of the Nobel Prize of Economics 2019. The winners, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer, innovated in the use of experimental methods to test economic development policies. A new approach of economic analysis that is followed by the NOVAFRICA research center in... Read More
Congratulations to Tijan L. Bah for his PhD
The NOVAFRICA researcher Tijan L. Bah received his official PhD hold on October 23 for his doctoral work “Essays in International Migration”. The PHD graduation ceremony was held in the UNL’s rectory and counted with the presence of Tijan’s family, friends, and faculty members that were invited to celebrate the successful completion of his doctoral... Read More
Tabanca de Suzana, a magical place: My Summer Research Internship
On this past summer of 2019 I had the opportunity to work on an ongoing NOVAFRICA field research project with the NOVAFRICA Summer Research Internships. As a master student with particular interest in Development Economics, a topic on which I intend to focus as a future researcher, I can only say this was the ideal... Read More