NOVAFRICA 2015 Summer Research Internships
The NOVAFRICA Center is now taking applications for the 2015 summer research internships. The internships will be held in the context of various research projects. In most of these projects we conduct randomized impact evaluations of interventions such as community-driven development of schools in Angola, management training of microentrepreneurs in the Maputo area, introduction of... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“The Effect of Labor Migration on the Diffusion of Democracy: Evidence from a Former Soviet Republic”
Next Friday, May 8th, at 2.00pm in room 308, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Hillel Rapoport, from the Paris School of Economis to present his work on the effect of migration on political preferences in Moldova. Authors: Toman Omar Mahmoud, Hillel Rapoport, Andreas Steinmayr and Christoph Trebesch Abstract: Migration contributes to the circulation of goods, knowledge, and ideas. Using community and individual-level data... Read More
NOVAFRICA in the News: Horacio Larreguy on Voter’s Education and Voter’s Participation
On April 8th, NOVAFRICA invited an expert in his field – Horacio Larreguy – Professor at Harvard University and associated with several research institutes in Harvard such as the Center for International Development, to present his current work on education and political participation. In an interview to the newspaper Público after the NOVAFRICA seminar, Horacio Larreguy explained that his findings challenge... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Discrimination as a self-financing probe: evidence of French supermarkets”
Next Wednesday, April 29 at 2:00 PM, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes William Parienté of the Catholic University of Louvain to present his work on distortions about the self-fulfilling prophecy of discrimination. Authors: Dylan Glover, Amanda Pallais and William Parienté Abstract: Examining the performance of cashiers in a French grocery store chain, we find that discrimination... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Leadership in Angolan organizations: Emic paradoxes, etic paradoxes, and paradox work”
On Wednesday, April 22nd, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Filipa Rodrigues, from Nova SBE to present her work on leadership in Angolan organizations. Authors: Miguel Pina e Cunha, Armanda Fortes, Filipa Rodrigues and Arménio Rego Abstract: The study departs from two assumptions. First, it considers that organizations and their leadership are inherently paradoxical and that, in that sense, dealing with... Read More
NOVAFRICA Working Paper:
“Exchange Rate Pressure in Angola”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Francesco Franco, Júlio António Rocha Delgado, Suzana Camacho Monteiro and Pedro Castro e Silva, this paper analyzes exchange rate pressure in Angola. Title: Exchange rate pressure in Angola Authors: Francesco Franco, Júlio António Rocha Delgado, Suzana Camacho Monteiro and Pedro Castro e... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:
“Deliberate Disengagement: How Education Decreases Political Participation in Electoral Authoritarian Regimes”
On Wednesday, April 8th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Horacio Larreguy, from Harvard University to present his work on education, political participation, and deliberate disengagement in electoral authoritarian regimes. Authors: Kevin Croke, Guy Grossman, Horacio A. Larreguy and John Marshall Abstract: A large literature examining advanced and consolidating democracies suggests that education increases political participation. However, in electoral... Read More
NOVAFRICA Workshop on Impact Evaluation of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives on the Extractives Industry
On the 6th of March, NOVAFRICA organized, in partnership with the University Eduardo Mondlane and the University of Navarra, a workshop on Transparency and Accountability Initiatives on the Extractives Industries in Mozambique. The workshop was carried out as a prospective initiative for the design of a new research project on the impact of transparency policies... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Firms’ Growth, Corruption, Taxation and Financial Intermediation in Developing Countries”
Next Wednesday, March 18th, at 2.00pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jonathan Goyette, from Sherbrooke University to present his work on distortions on firms’ growth, corruption, taxation and economic development. Authors: Jonathan Goyette Abstract: Evidence at the firm-level of the effects of various distortions on firms’ growth focus usually on a distortion in isolation or on a specific country. A systematic... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar:“Regional Migration, Insurance and Economic Shocks: Evidence from Nicaragua”
Next Friday, March 13th, at 11.30am, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Teresa Molina Millán, from the Paris School of Economics to present her work about internal migration, and co-insurance motives. Authors: Teresa Molina Millán Abstract: In developing countries, the large majority of migrants move inside their own countries or to neighboring regions, yet there is limited evidence on whether internal migrants represent... Read More