NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Girls’ Schooling Choices and Home Production: Evidence from Pakistan”
On Wednesday, November 25th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Hugo Reis, from the Bank of Portugal to present his work on children’s schooling and mothers’ labour market participation decisions in Pakistan. Author: Hugo Reis Abstract: The paper develops and estimates a dynamic structural model that allows for the interrelations between girls’ schooling and mothers’ labour market... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Social Learning in Experimental Games: Evidence from Rwanda”
On Wednesday, November 4th, at 2.30pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alexander Coutts, from Nova School of Business and Economics to present his work on social learning in public goods games in Rwanda. Authors: Alexander Coutts Abstract: Artefactual and lab experiments are increasingly utilized to study variation in preferences across groups and the relationship between preferences and economic outcomes. Social... Read More
The NOVAFRICA Interns are Back at Nova
Our NOVAFRICA interns are back from their work in Mozambique and brought with them a blog post written by Joana – a Nova SBE PhD candidate who was working with small-scale entrepreneurs in Maputo. More information about the project under this link. Joana was working in Maputo together with three more interns (Ana, Karol and Matilde)... Read More
Vacancy for Field Coordinator
Alex Armand (Universidad de Navarra) and Pedro Vicente (Nova SBE) seek qualified applicants for the position of Field Coordinator (FC) for the project: On the mechanics of the political resource curse: information and local elite behavior in Mozambique. The project main focus is to understand how information and deliberation systems affect the likelihood of a... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Measuring and Changing Control: Women Empowerment and Targeted Transfers”
On Wednesday, October 6th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Alex Armand, from Universidad de Navarra to present his work on women empowerment and cash transfers in Macedonia. Authors: Alex Armand Abstract: This paper studies how targeting cash transfers to women affects their empowerment. We use a novel identification strategy to measure women’s willingness to pay to receive... Read More
NOVAFRICA Conference: Innovations and Challenges in Financial Development in Mozambique
On the 8th of July, NOVAFRICA, in partnership with the Central Bank of Mozambique and the International Growth Center, organized a conference on the innovations and challenges faced in promoting financial development in Mozambique. The conference reported upon current initiatives and research projects that evaluate the impact of mobile money in rural areas and micro-enterprise... Read More
Thoughts on Mozambican Life by a NOVAFRICA Intern
When I was told I was going to Mozambique this summer with NOVARICA, I was really thrilled and excited. However, I was not expecting such a meaningful experience as the one I am living here in Maputo for more than a month now. Our team of four girls is working on a project related to... Read More
NOVAFRICA Conference on Financial Development in Mozambique – Innovation and Challenges
On the 8th of July, NOVAFRICA, in partnership with the Central Bank of Mozambique and the International Growth Center, will hold a conference on innovations and challenges concerning financial development in Mozambique. The conference, in which renowned researchers from the United States and Portugal will participate, will report upon current initiatives and research projects that... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Risk, Ambiguity and the Adoption of Innovations”
Next Wednesday, May 27th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Paulo Santos, from Monash University to present his work on risk aversion, ambiguity and the adoption of innovations in agriculture. Authors: Tim Capon, Nicholas Ross and Paulo Santos Abstract: The slow adoption of innovations in less developed countries has long been a puzzle, given the high expected... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“When Do Voters Sanction Violence? A Vignette Experiment in Kenya”
Next Wednesday, May 13th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Roxana Gutiérrez Romero, from the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona to present her work on electoral violence, and voter sanctions. Authors: Roxana Gutiérrez Romero and Adrienne LeBas Abstract: Electoral violence has become a persistent feature of elections in many of today’s democratizing or “hybrid” regimes. An emerging literature explains this... Read More